Psychiatric rehabilitation: an empowerment-based approach to mental health services.
********** As services to people with serious mental illness have moved to the community over the past 40 years, social workers have expanded their roles in the field of mental health (Vourlekis, Edinburg, & Knee, 1998). Social workers are now the major providers of mental health services...

WCCCD'S Continuing Education Division Announces Exciting Upcoming Community Programs.
Passport to Africa, Annual Community Health Fair, Romance Writing Workshop and Figure Skating Instructional Exhibition Expected to Attract Thousands on January 27 and February 3 DETROIT, Jan. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Thousands of people are expected to attend community programs and special events offered by Wayne County Community...

Primary health care strategies that worked; DOC JIMMY SAYS.
Byline: Dr. Jaime T. Galvez Tan September 2003 is the 25th anniversary of Primary Health Care, a strategy to achieve oHealth for Allo as declared by more than a hundred countries in Alma Ata, USSR (now named Almaty in Kazakhstan). Primary Health Care has been implemented in...

Primary health care strategies that worked; DOC JIMMY SAYS.
Byline: Dr. Jaime T. Galvez Tan September 2003 is the 25th anniversary of Primary Health Care, a strategy to achieve Health for All as declared by more than a hundred countries in Alma Ata, USSR (now named Almaty in Kazakhstan). Primary Health Care has been implemented in...

Community and family: Caring for the mentally-ill.
Byline: CORAZON ALMA G. DE LEON Caring for the mentally ill is not only a family affair. It should take the form of a community effort. Families who take care of mentally ill persons exhaust their financial and human resources, thus becoming less productive as citizens. Often,...

Community and family: Caring for the mentally-ill.
Byline: CORAZON ALMA G. DE LEON Caring for the mentally ill is not only a family affair. It should take the form of a community effort. Families who take care of mentally ill persons exhaust their financial and human resources, thus becoming less productive as citizens. Often,...

Deinstitutionalization of Persons with Severe Mental Illness: Context and Consequences.
In analyzing deinstitutionalization, it is important to consider the historical context of its genesis. Other critical factors include how the community views deinstitutionalization and what rehabilitation professionals need to know to aid its successful implementation. More importantly, rehabilitation professionals need to explore ways to improve deinstitutionalization through improved practice...

Consumer drop-in centers: operations, services, and consumer involvement.
The idea of people with mental illness providing services to their peers is not a new concept. Stemming from historical roots that began in the early part of this century, peer-based services increased in visibility as a result of the ex-patient movement of the 1970s and subsequently developed as...

Nursing practice in community child health: Developing the nurse--client relationship.
ABSTRACT Community nursing services to parents with young children have been an established part of child health services in Australia for more than a century. Although the titles vary within states, community child health nurses provide support services for parents with infants and young children and typically...

THE CONTEXT FOR COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTH ACTION IN AUSTRALIA.
Community participation is one of the underlying principles of democratic societies and the potential benefits of the participation process are well documented. Although a number of participatory mechanisms have been established by government departments and community agencies to facilitate community participation in health, few Australians regularly or actively participate....