Empowering people with severe mental illness : a practical guide / Donald M. Linhorst.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, 2006.Description: xii, 353 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 019517187X (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 9780195171877 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HV 3006.A4 L56 2006
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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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"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.

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.

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