Opportunities and Barriers to Empowering People with Severe Mental Illness through Participation in Treatment Planning.

Linhorst, Donald M.; Hamilton, Gary; Young, Eric; Eckert, Anne

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ERIC Number: EJ657142

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2002

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Opportunities and Barriers to Empowering People with Severe Mental Illness through Participation in Treatment Planning.

Linhorst, Donald M.; Hamilton, Gary; Young, Eric; Eckert, Anne

Social Work, v47 n4 p425-34 Oct 2002

Study reviews documents and conducts focus groups with clients and staff of a public psychiatric hospital to identify barriers to empowerment and the conditions that must be present for client empowerment to occur through treatment planning. For empowerment to occur, clients need psychiatric stability and decision-making skills. (Contains 40 references.) (GCP)

Descriptors: Decision Making, Empowerment, Mental Disorders, Outcomes of Treatment, Planning, Psychiatric Hospitals, Skill Development

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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