Strengthening the Voice of Those with Mental Health Issues: A Community Approach to Developing a Mental Health Identification System.
This article describes how an action research approach was used to involve a community of individuals with mental health issues and their support systems in the development and adoption of a mental health identification (ID) card. The intent of the card was to provide individuals with mental health...
| Published in: | Social Work Vol. 64; no. 3; pp. 216 - 224 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Jul2019
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