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Empowering people with severe mental illness : a practical guide / Donald M. Linhorst. [E-book]

By: Language: English Publication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006.Description: xii, 353 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780195171877 (alk. paper)
  • 019517187X (alk. paper)
  • 9781280427954
Subject(s): NLM classification:
  • WM 400
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Contents:
Conceptualizing empowerment -- A history of powerlessness -- Individual rights, coercion, and empowerment -- Conditions for empowerment -- Empowerment through treatment planning -- Empowerment through housing -- Empowerment through organizational decision making -- Empowerment through planning and policy making -- Empowerment through employment -- Empowerment through research -- Empowerment through service provision -- Creating and living empowered lives.
Summary: "Presents a model of empowerment and then applies it to seven areas that the have potential to empower people with severe mental illness, including treatment planning, housing, employment, and others. Provides practitioners, administrators, and policymakers with specific guidelines and actions to promote empowerment"--Provided by publisher.
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Electronic book BEH-MHT Library Service On website Available STOCK100309923B
Electronic book South London and Maudsley Trust Library Online WM 400 LIN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Link to resource Available REAYEBOOK79

Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-344) and index.

Conceptualizing empowerment -- A history of powerlessness -- Individual rights, coercion, and empowerment -- Conditions for empowerment -- Empowerment through treatment planning -- Empowerment through housing -- Empowerment through organizational decision making -- Empowerment through planning and policy making -- Empowerment through employment -- Empowerment through research -- Empowerment through service provision -- Creating and living empowered lives.

"Presents a model of empowerment and then applies it to seven areas that the have potential to empower people with severe mental illness, including treatment planning, housing, employment, and others. Provides practitioners, administrators, and policymakers with specific guidelines and actions to promote empowerment"--Provided by publisher.

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