Citizenship, Social Justice and Collective Empowerment: Living Outside Mental Illness.

ABSTRACT: Citizenship is emerging as one of the world's leading models to shift mental health care from artificial psychiatric settings into more natural community settings by incorporating human rights. This paper describes a four-session roundtable series entitled Citizenship, Social Justice, and Collective Empowerment: Living Outside Mental Illness. These roundtables were part of the New England Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Network (MHTTC). They were built on the conviction that people who have lived experiences of mental health challenges and engaged in making community connections should be at the center of teaching about those experiences. Presenters shared their experiences about how they navigated stigma and discrimination on their way to community inclusion, belonging, and empow

SUBMITTER: Reis G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8769788 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature