Title
Empowering and Demedicalized Case Management Practices: Perspectives of Mental Health Consumer Leaders and Professionals
UMMS Affiliation
Department of Psychiatry, Center for Mental Health Services Research; Center for Health Policy and Research
Date
6-2006
Document Type
Article
Medical Subject Headings
Case Management; Mentally Disabled Persons; Mental Health Services
Disciplines
Health Services Research | Mental and Social Health | Psychiatric and Mental Health | Psychiatry | Psychiatry and Psychology
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.
Rights and Permissions
Citation: Ellison, M. L. and Dunn E. (2006). Empowering and demedicalized case management practices: Perspectives of mental health consumer leaders and professionals. Journal of Social Work in Disability and Rehabilitation, 5(2), 1-17. DOI: 10.1300/J198v05n02_01
Comments
At the time of publication, Marsha Langer Ellison was not yet affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Medical School.