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Mental Health Self-Help: Consumer and Family Initiatives by Louis D. Brown [Repost]
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Mental Health Self-Help: Consumer and Family Initiatives by Louis D. Brown
English | Aug 19, 2010 | ISBN: 1441962522 | 368 Pages | PDF | 3 MB
English | Aug 19, 2010 | ISBN: 1441962522 | 368 Pages | PDF | 3 MB
Building on earlier patient-empowerment movements, consumer- and advocate-driven mental health self-help (MHSH) initiatives currently outnumber traditional mental health organizations. At the same time, this apparent success raises significant questions about their short-term efficacy and their value to lasting recovery.
Mental Health Self-Help assembles the state of the evidence on the effectiveness of MHSH, beginning with the individual and larger social factors behind the expansion of consumer-directed services. Clearly organized and accessibly written, the book traces the development and evolution of MHSH as both alternative and adjunct to traditional mental health structures, offers research-based perspectives on the various forms of MHSH, and identifies potential areas for consumer initiatives to work with—and help improve—mental health systems.