Putting Values into Practice: Public Policy and the Future of Mental Health Consumer-run Organizations

The purpose of the paper is to reflect on value dilemmas in mental health consumer-run organizations and to discuss implications for research, policy, and practice. We review the roots of consumer-run organizations in the self-help movement and the psychiatric survivor liberation movement, focusing...

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Published in:American journal of community psychology 2008-09, Vol.42 (1-2), p.192-201
Main Authors: Nelson, Geoffrey, Janzen, Rich, Trainor, John, Ochocka, Joanna
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Behavioral Science and Psychology
Clinical Psychology
Community and Environmental Psychology
Community health care
Consumer Organizations - organization & administration
Consumer-run organizations
Consumers
Evidence-Based Medicine
Health care policy
Health Care Reform
Health Psychology
Health Services Research
Humans
Longitudinal Studies
Management
Mental Disorders - rehabilitation
Mental health
Mental health care
Mental Health Services
Models, Organizational
Ontario
Original Paper
Personality and Social Psychology
Policy Making
Psychology
Public Health
Public Policy
Reform
Self help
Self-Help Groups - organization & administration
Social Values
Support groups
Values
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Summary:The purpose of the paper is to reflect on value dilemmas in mental health consumer-run organizations and to discuss implications for research, policy, and practice. We review the roots of consumer-run organizations in the self-help movement and the psychiatric survivor liberation movement, focusing on the distinctive values espoused by consumer-run organizations. We also discuss evidence-based and value-based approaches to mental health policy formulation and mental health reform, noting the particular importance of value-based approaches and the role that consumer-run organizations can play in mental health reform. Based on our experiences conducting a participatory action research study of four mental health consumer-run organizations, we identify and examine several value dilemmas, discuss the lessons that we learned about these value dilemmas, and note their implications for future directions in research, policy, and practice
ISSN:0091-0562
1573-2770
DOI:10.1007/s10464-008-9191-y