Empowering people with severe mental illness : a practical guide /
Linhorst, Donald M., 1956-
Empowering people with severe mental illness : a practical guide / Donald M. Linhorst. - New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, 2006. - xii, 353 p. ; 24 cm.
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.
019517187X (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780195171877 (hardcover : alk. paper)
2004030360
Mentally ill--Services for--United States.
Social work with people with mental disabilities--United States.
Sant�e mentale, Services de--�Etats-Unis.
Service social aux handicap�es mentaux--�Etats-Unis.
HV 3006.A4 / L56 2006
Empowering people with severe mental illness : a practical guide / Donald M. Linhorst. - New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, 2006. - xii, 353 p. ; 24 cm.
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.
019517187X (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780195171877 (hardcover : alk. paper)
2004030360
Mentally ill--Services for--United States.
Social work with people with mental disabilities--United States.
Sant�e mentale, Services de--�Etats-Unis.
Service social aux handicap�es mentaux--�Etats-Unis.
HV 3006.A4 / L56 2006