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Consumer-run Mental Health
Louis D. Brown
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Description for Consumer-run Mental Health
Hardback. As consumer-run mental self-help organizations gain in popularity, so they foster international interest. This volume develops the Role Framework, a theoretical model that explains how people engage in and benefit from mental health consumer-run organizations. Num Pages: 217 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 516.
Consumer-run organizations and other types of mental health self-help are becoming increasingly popular in the public mental health system. These initiatives now outnumber traditional mental health organizations in the US (Goldstrom et al., 2006). This growth is due in large part to their low cost, devoted supporters, burgeoning evidence base, and increased acceptance by mental health professionals. International interest in these initiatives is also growing as self-help is flourishing in industrialized countries worldwide. I recently edited a special issue on mental health self-help for the American Journal of Community Psychology and we received submissions from five ... Read more
Consumer-run organizations and other types of mental health self-help are becoming increasingly popular in the public mental health system. These initiatives now outnumber traditional mental health organizations in the US (Goldstrom et al., 2006). This growth is due in large part to their low cost, devoted supporters, burgeoning evidence base, and increased acceptance by mental health professionals. International interest in these initiatives is also growing as self-help is flourishing in industrialized countries worldwide. I recently edited a special issue on mental health self-help for the American Journal of Community Psychology and we received submissions from five ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
217
Condition
New
Number of Pages
217
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781461406990
SKU
V9781461406990
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About Louis D. Brown
Louis D. Brown, Ph.D. is an assistant professor at The University of Texas, School of Public Health in El Paso. He has published numerous articles and book chapters on the subject. Further, he edited a special issue for the American Journal of Community Psychology and a book for Springer on the larger field of mental health self-help. His research in ... Read more
Reviews for Consumer-run Mental Health
From the reviews: “The aim of this book is to provide an introduction to CROs in mental health, review the scholarly evidence for their benefit and cost-effectiveness, and provide an insider’s perspective on mental health and the process of recovery within these organizations by those who are consumers and members of them. The author identifies a wide audience, ranging ... Read more