Tags /Empowerment
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Articles
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Creating Caring Congregations
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There are many ways that congregations can begin or expand a ministry to and with persons with a mental illness and their families. The caring congregations model uses a five step approach. These... -
Caring Congregation Workshops
Resources for Welcoming and Supporting Those with Mental Health Disorders and Their Families into Our Congregations -
Impact of Consumer-Operated Service on Empowerment and Recovery of People with Psychiatric Disabilities
Impact of Consumer-Operated Service on Empowerment and Recovery of People with Psychiatric Disabilities by Patrick W. Corrigan "Although the professional literature is replete with... -
Trauma-Informed Response and Intentional Peer Support
Author and speaker Shery Mead shares her slides from the Trauma-Informed Peer Support Workshop in Oakland on April 20, 2011. -
Trauma-Informed Response and Intentional Peer Support
Author and speaker Shery Mead shares her slides from the Trauma-Informed Peer Support Workshop in Oakland on April 20, 2011. -
"How Stigma Interferes With Mental Health Care" by Patrick Corrigan
Many people who would benefit from mental health services opt not to pursue them or fail to fully participate once they have begun. One of the reasons for this disconnect is stigma; namely, to avoid... -
"Enhancing personal empowerment of people with psychiatric disabilities" by Patrick Corrigan
The goals of Corrigan's paper include providing a working definition of empowerment as applied to the lives of people with psychiatric disabilities, identifying community and service systems... -
"A Working Definition of Empowerment" by Judi Chamberlin
"Empowerment" has become a popular term in mental health programs, yet it has lacked a clear definition. In a research project designed to measure empowerment in programs funded by and for... -
"Self-determination and independence versus force and dependency" by Morgan Brown
For some time now, there has been much written about and even more talk concerning the "restructuring" supposedly happening in various mental health systems. So far, everything I have read... -
"The empowerment model of recovery: Finding our voice and having a say" by Daniel Fisher, MD, PhD
For most of us consumer/survivor/expatients (c/s/x's) our central issues are discrimination, helplessness, and isolation. We need to overcome discrimination to gain access to the arenas of... -
"Empowerment Model of Recovery From Severe Mental Illness: An Expert Interview With Daniel B. Fisher, MD, PhD"
What is an empowerment model of recovery? How is it useful, perhaps invaluable, in the daily practice of psychiatry? What data support it? To get to the core of these issues, Randall White, MD,... -
Reaching Across with the Arts: A Self Help Manual for Mental Health Consumers
Reaching Across with the Arts is a resource guide and manual to be used by mental health consumers to explain how to create self-help arts programs and activities as well as how to use creativity in... -
Post deployment stress: What you should know, what you can do
A companion to "Post-Deployment Stress: What Families Should Know, What Families Can Do" , this article contains information for veterans returning from deployment in Iraq or Afghanistan... -
Post deployment stress: What families should know, what families can do
Information is covered for families of veterans returning from deployment in Iraq or Afghanistan about post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), traumatic brain injury (TBI), and other emotional and...
Classes
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Mental Health & Spirituality 101 Training Series
The objectives of this workshop are to provide training for spiritual/faith leaders to be able to: Define four of the leading mental health distress/disorders Identify symptoms of mental health... -
Mental Health & Spirituality 101 Training Series
The objectives of this workshop are to provide training for spiritual/faith leaders to be able to: Define four of the leading mental health distress/disorders Identify symptoms of mental health...
Organizations
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Oakland City Toastmasters
The Toastmasters program is proven through eighty years of refinement in use with millions of members worldwide. From following the program, you will develop speaking and leadership skills to... -
National Empowerment Center
The mission of the National Empowerment Center Inc. is to carry a message of recovery, empowerment, hope and healing to people who have been labeled with mental illness. Whether on the back ward of... -
Disclosing your disability to an employer
Only you can decide whether and how much to tell your employer about your psychiatric disability. Telling your employer about your diagnosis is the only way to protect your legal right to any... -
SAFE program: mental health facts for families
