Empowering and Demedicalized Case Management Practices
Perspectives of Mental Health Consumer Leaders and Professionals
Authors:
Marsha Langer Ellison ab;
Erin C. Dunn a
| Affiliations: | a Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA |
| b Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA |
DOI:
10.1300/J198v05n02_01
Publication Frequency:
4 issues per year
Published in:
Journal of Social Work in Disability & Rehabilitation,
Volume
5,
Issue
2
June
2006
, pages 1
- 17
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Abstract
The principles of empowerment and demedicalization have been central to the formulations of rehabilitation and social service practices as well as case management, a core community support service provided to people with psychiatric disabilities. This study describes empowering and demedicalized practices in mental health case management. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with thirty leaders in the mental health consumer movement and five professionals. Twenty-five categories of such practices were developed and are presented. Findings have implications for both the nature of the interaction between case manager and client and for program structures, activities, and missions.
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| Keywords: Empowerment; medicalization; medical model; case management; mental health services; serious mental illness; recovery; community support; social work |
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