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
Publication Date
2006-6
Document Type
Article
Subjects
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.
DOI of Published Version
10.1300/J198v05n02_01
Source
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
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Journal of Social Work in Disability and Rehabilitation
Repository Citation
Ellison ML, Dunn EC. (2006). Empowering and Demedicalized Case Management Practices: Perspectives of Mental Health Consumer Leaders and Professionals. Implementation Science and Practice Advances Research Center Publications. https://doi.org/10.1300/J198v05n02_01. Retrieved from https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/psych_cmhsr/454
Comments
At the time of publication, Marsha Langer Ellison was not yet affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Medical School.