Self-help
Afraid of the dentist?
If you are like most Americans, going to the dentist is not your idea of having fun. However, for many of us who are psychiatric survivors and/or survivors of physical/sexual/emotional abuse, going to the dentist
Advance Directives are what you make them
A Durable Power of Attorney for health care (DPOA) is a stronger form of an Advance Directive than a Living Will because it enables you to appoint a health care agent or proxy to see
Service dogs help people get back out into the community
A few years ago Angel White lived a fairly isolated and tormented life. She had frequent panic attacks. She was afraid to leave home and interact with people. She was filled with fears and paranoia.
Moral Therapy
There was a Dr. Samuel B. Woodward, Superintendent of the Worcester (Massachusetts) State Hospital, who played an important role in the development of moral therapy, a new treatment of people with mental illness in the
Personal Care Attendant (PCA) services available to people with psychiatric disabilities
Imagine being able to hire the people that you want help from. Imagine being able to train the people you hire to assist you, in exactly the ways that you want support. Imagine being able
The Contribution of Self-Direction to Improving the Quality of Mental Health Services
The final report of the President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health identified self-direction as one possible means of creating a more consumer and family-centered mental health system. Self-direction or self-directed care is a method