The author explains how the Strategies for Living project, which makes mental health service users pivotal to research, provides support for the effectiveness of alternative therapies.
The author explains how the Strategies for Living project, which makes mental health service users pivotal to research, provides support for the effectiveness of alternative therapies.
Subject terms:
mental health problems, mental health services, service users, therapies, therapy and treatment, user led research, user views, complementary therapies;
This report asserts that acceptance of the diversity of our experiences and beliefs is key to holistic and therapeutic mental health support. Argues that diverse spiritual needs may be better met with a breaking down of barriers between mental health services and faith communities.
This report asserts that acceptance of the diversity of our experiences and beliefs is key to holistic and therapeutic mental health support. Argues that diverse spiritual needs may be better met with a breaking down of barriers between mental health services and faith communities.
Subject terms:
mental health, mental health problems, religions, spirituality, therapies, therapy and treatment, unmet need, complementary therapies, cultural identity;
Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Care, 3(1), September 1999, pp.28-29.
Publisher:
Pavilion
Users are researching the many strategies people devise to help them live with mental health problems. 'Strategies for Living' is a three-year user-led programme of work stemming from the increasing demands from mental health service users for choices and alternatives to the traditional medical models of treatment. This article gives some of the research findings.
Users are researching the many strategies people devise to help them live with mental health problems. 'Strategies for Living' is a three-year user-led programme of work stemming from the increasing demands from mental health service users for choices and alternatives to the traditional medical models of treatment. This article gives some of the research findings.
Subject terms:
mental health problems, mental health services, self-advocacy, self-determination, service users, severe mental health problems, survivors, therapies, therapy and treatment, user led research, user participation, user views, community mental health services, complementary therapies, empowerment;