Citizenship and mental health /

Rowe, Michael, 1947-

Citizenship and mental health / Michael Rowe. - 1 online resource (xvi, 247 pages .)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction: citizenship roots in outreach work -- Citizenship and community organizing : citizens -- Citizenship and individuals : the citizens project, early -- Citizenship and individuals : the citizens project, ongoing -- Going to the source : citizenship measure development and validation -- Taking citizenship to scale : the citizens collaborative I -- Taking citizenship to scale : the citizens collaborative II -- Taking citizenship to scale : the citizens collaborative III -- A model of citizenship and mental health -- Conclusion -- References & notes -- Bibliography.

More than 50 years ago, President Kennedy gave an address to congress that launched the community mental health movement in the U.S. This movement involved a vast and complex effort to replace the wholesale institutionalization of people with serious mental illnesses with community mental health centers, public education on mental illness, and prevention efforts. The mission and main thrust of this new movement, however, were quite simple: we would provide effective mental health treatment to people in their home communities and provide the conditions for them to have 'a life in the community.

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Homeless persons--Mental health.
Homeless persons--Mental health services.
Community mental health services.
Citizenship.
Control (Psychology)
Group identity.
Homeless Persons--psychology
Community Mental Health Services
Power, Psychological
Social Identification
Sans-abri--Santé mentale.
Services communautaires de santé mentale.
Contrôle (Psychologie)
Identité collective.
group identity.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--Social Services & Welfare.
Citizenship.
Community mental health services.
Homeless persons--Mental health.
Homeless persons--Mental health services.


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