The Emergence and Attributes of Second-Generation Community Support Systems for Persons with Serious Mental Illness

2002 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 25-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
David P. Moxley
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Serious Mental Illness ◽  
Second Generation ◽  
Support Systems ◽  
Community Support

scholarly journals Is mainstreaming always the answer? The social and economic development of service user communities

2013 ◽  
Vol 37 (5) ◽  
pp. 153-155 ◽  
Author(s):  
James M. Mandiberg ◽  
Richard Warner
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Serious Mental Illness ◽  
Community Support ◽  
Community Placement ◽  
The Social ◽  
User Communities ◽  
Social And Economic Development ◽  
Development Of Identity ◽  
Broad Community

SummaryThe community placement of people with serious mental illness has focused on assimilation. The broad community, however, seems largely unwilling to support and include them. The result is programmes to help people maintain their community lives mainly through the support of formal mental health services. The social and economic development of ‘identity communities' of people with serious mental illness is an alternative model to assimilation. An identity community consists of people with shared interests, beliefs, experiences or needs which affect the identity of the participants and the cohesiveness of the group. Such communities can be economically sustainable and offer members more ways of having meaningful lives. Examples of this recovery-friendly approach are provided as a viable way of enhancing community support without additional expense.

Fostering Resilience in Response to Terrorism: For Psychologists Working With Adults With Serious Mental Illness

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Christopher Frueh ◽  
◽  
Ronald F. Levant ◽  
Stevan E. Hobfoll ◽  
Laura Barbanel
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Serious Mental Illness
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