Empowering people with severe mental illness [[electronic resource] ] : a practical guide / / Donald M. Linhorst

• Autore: Linhorst Donald M. <1956->
• Pubblicazione: New York, N.Y., : Oxford University Press, 2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (368 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.2/0425
• Soggetto topico: Mentally ill - Services for - United States; Social work with people with mental disabilities - United States
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-344) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; 1 Conceptualizing Empowerment; 2 A History of Powerlessness; 3 Individual Rights, Coercion, and Empowerment; 4 Conditions for Empowerment; 5 Empowerment Through Treatment Planning; 6 Empowerment Through Housing; 7 Empowerment Through Organizational Decision Making; 8 Empowerment Through Planning and Policy Making; 9 Empowerment Through Employment; 10 Empowerment Through Research; 11 Empowerment Through Service Provision; 12 Creating and Living Empowered Lives; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W
• Sommario/riassunto: "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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Empowering people with severe mental illness
• ISBN: 1-60256-676-3; 1-4237-6175-8; 9786612563539; 1-280-42795-7; 0-19-803836-4; 1-282-56353-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910465108903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II