Empowering People with Severe Mental Illness: A Practical GuideOxford University Press, 8 set 2005 - 368 pagine The concept of empowerment has become increasingly popular with mental health professionals. But while it is a frequently cited goal in the helping professions, empowerment is often nothing more than a buzzword that lacks specificity and grounding in real-world applications. Consequently, little practical guidance exists demonstrating how to achieve it in specific instances with specific groups of people. This book is the first professional guide that operationalizes the theory of empowerment, outlines the conditions under which it is likely to occur, and applies a practical model for working with people with severe mental illness. In this unique and thoroughly researched volume, Donald Linhorst analyzes the conditions that facilitate empowerment and provides the framework necessary to bolster this historically powerless population's access to the material and cultural resources they need to regain control of their lives. Chapters illustrate how to foster empowerment in treatment planning, housing selection, organizational decision making, mental health service planning and policy making, employment, participation in research and evaluation, and consumer provision of mental health and support services. Case studies from a public psychiatric hospital and a community mental health agency illustrate each of the seven areas and present evidence of the model's efficacy. Finally, the book maps out the roles that service providers, administrators, policy makers, advocacy groups, researchers, and clients can play in the empowerment process. Checklists, step-by-step instructions, historical overviews, and vivid examples make this a valuable teaching tool, planning guide, and everyday reference for mental health professionals seeking an innovative and evidence-based approach to working with their clients with severe mental illness. |
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... stigma and discrimination. Empowerment is important for at least three reasons. First, people with mental illness should have a right to participate in decisions that affect their lives and to have access to opportunities to improve ...
... stigma and discrimination. Empowerment is important for at least three reasons. First, people with mental illness should have a right to participate in decisions that affect their lives and to have access to opportunities to improve ...
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... stigma. Stigma can be defined as ''a cluster of negative attitudes and beliefs that motivate the general public to fear, reject, avoid, and discriminate against people with mental illnesses'' (President's New Freedom Commission on ...
... stigma. Stigma can be defined as ''a cluster of negative attitudes and beliefs that motivate the general public to fear, reject, avoid, and discriminate against people with mental illnesses'' (President's New Freedom Commission on ...
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... stigma, the recommendation that one community mental health clinic be developed for every 50,000 people, and the suggestion that expenditures for treatment of mental illness should be doubled within 5 years and tripled within 10 years ...
... stigma, the recommendation that one community mental health clinic be developed for every 50,000 people, and the suggestion that expenditures for treatment of mental illness should be doubled within 5 years and tripled within 10 years ...
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... Stigma remains a significant problem in the United States today. The Surgeon General's recent report on mental health concluded that stigma decreases the willingness of people with mental illness to seek out services, as well as the ...
... Stigma remains a significant problem in the United States today. The Surgeon General's recent report on mental health concluded that stigma decreases the willingness of people with mental illness to seek out services, as well as the ...
Sommario
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4 Conditions for Empowerment | 65 |
5 Empowerment Through Treatment Planning | 88 |
6 Empowerment Through Housing | 110 |
7 Empowerment Through Organizational Decision Making | 141 |
8 Empowerment Through Planning and Policy Making | 167 |
9 Empowerment Through Employment | 203 |
10 Empowerment Through Research | 243 |
11 Empowerment Through Service Provision | 269 |
12 Creating and Living Empowered Lives | 299 |
References | 313 |
Index | 345 |
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Empowering People with Severe Mental Illness: A Practical Guide Donald M. Linhorst Anteprima limitata - 2006 |
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