| Description |
xii, 353 pages ; 24 cm |
| 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. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-344) and index. |
| 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. |
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Mentally ill -- Services for -- United States.
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Social work with people with mental disabilities -- United States.
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Mental Disorders -- rehabilitation -- United States.
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Mentally Ill Persons -- United States.
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Social Work -- United States.
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| ISBN |
019517187X hardcover alkaline paper |
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9780195171877 hardcover alkaline paper |
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