Shifting the Paradigm in Community Mental Health: Toward Empowerment and Community

by John Lord, Geoffrey Nelson, Joanna Ochocka

This ground-breaking study examines changes in the values and related practices within community mental health that occurred between 1984 and 1998. During this period, a distinct shift in policy coincided with a new emphasis on mental health reform. Consumer/survivors and other mental health claims-makers played an active role in shaping mental health policy during this time and influenced the trend of consumer/survivor and family participation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802083552
• ISBN13: 9780802083555
• Release Date: March 2001
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.4"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher