Mental Health Self-Help Consumer and Family Initiatives /
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 valu...
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| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Springer New York : Imprint: Springer,
2010.
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| Online Access: | https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6253-9 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction to mental health self-help
- Theoretical foundations of mental health self-help
- Mutual help groups for mental health problems: An overview and review of effectiveness
- An overview of mutual support groups for caregivers of Chinese people with schizophrenia and psychotic disorders: Research evidence on their processes and outcomes
- Consumer managed crisis residential services: A review of their processes and evidence base
- Self-help classes for caregivers of people with mental health problems: A review of the process and evidence behind NAMIs Family to Family Education Program
- Building on the consumer-run drop-in center model: A review of research on consumer-run organizations in Kansas
- Professional partnerships with mental health self-help: Research on the costs and benefits
- Value dilemmas in mental health self-help: Implications for research, policy, and practice
- Supporting mental health self-help with technical assistance: A field-tested guide
- Consumers as providers in traditional community mental health centers: The certified peer specialist program in Kansas.