Mental Health: The Consumers’ View
Sylvia Caras, Phd
www.peoplewho.org
Values: self-determination, dignity, hope, reciprocity, witnessing, spirituality, diversity
Language: Words Matter
Models:
Comparison of medical and recovery model
Social use a search engine to find "social model disability": here are two examples of the explanations and advocacy:
http://resource.nusonline.co.uk/media/resource/Social_Model_of_Disability.pdf
Peers
Federal Study Finds Common Ingredients of Consumer-run Programs
World Network of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry
Coaltion Building
History
The Ex-Patients' Movement: Where We've Been and Where We're Going