Engagement in CIL supports was very limited, as were outcomes. Nonetheless, numerous examples of supports across a broad range of areas were reported along with examples of how needs were met. CIL supports, which are widely available around the United States, may offer a unique philosophy and approach for addressing the needs of individuals with psychiatric disabilities and are deserving of additional study. (PsycINFO Database Record
Two former patients, long-term activists in the self-help~advocacy movement, combine to provide a consumer perspective on planning mental health systems. Separately, each author notes current system problems, the need for new services--including self-help--and the opportunities provided by Pub.L. 99-660for meaningful change, based as it is on the fundamental principle of involving the recipients of services in any planning effort.
Joseph A. Rogers, a consumer of mental health services and a consumer rights movement activist for twenty-seven years, is deputy executive director of the Mental Health Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania. He is executive director of the National Mental Health Consumers' Self-Help Clearinghouse, funded by the federal Center for Mental Health Services, and the immediate past president of the governing board of Pennsylvania Protection & Advocacy, Inc. He served on the Executive Committee of the President's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities for six years, and he has consulted throughout the United States and in Poland on the development of consumer-run services and a variety of other issues affecting people with mental illnessThis document is copyrighted by the American Psychological Association or one of its allied publishers.This article is intended solely for the personal use of the individual user and is not to be disseminated broadly.
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