TY - JOUR
T1 - Mental health success stories
T2 - Finding paths to recovery
AU - Jensen, Linda Welsch
AU - Wadkins, Theresa A.
N1 - Funding Information:
A purposive sampling was conducted of persons with serious and persistent mental illnesses who were participants in various projects funded by Nebraskans Empowering Behavioral Health Access through Networking of Delivery Systems (NEBHANDS) and other mental health services in a Midwestern state. NEBHANDS was a partnership that included representatives from several governmental agencies, policy makers, educational institutions, medical and behavioral health service providers, faith and community based institutions, consumer and family advocates, the business community, and the justice and law enforcement system. This partnership was sponsored by a federal grant received by the University of Nebraska Public Policy Center to eliminate service barriers, ensure access to care, and maximize resources to effectively incorporate faith-based (FBO) and community-based organizations (CBO) into an integrated, statewide behavioral health care network. Sub-awards from the federal grant were given only for informal behavioral health services. “Informal health services” were identified as services that were currently not reimbursable by private insurance, Medicaid, or Medicare. Most services funded were educational programs, family support, and/or support groups. These interviews were from customers of these informal services as part of the evaluation process for the federal grant.
Funding Information:
This research was funded by a grant to NEBHANDS (Nebraskans Expanding Behavioral Health Access through Networking Delivery Systems) from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Community Services, grant 90EJ0010.
PY - 2007/4
Y1 - 2007/4
N2 - Recovery from serious and persistent mental illness (SPMI) is multi-faceted. Twenty individuals with SPMI who considered themselves successful in recovery participated in semi-structured interviews. Most were customers of mental health projects funded by NEBHANDS, a federal grant. Common themes on their paths to recovery included: (a) Finding acceptance and understanding of their mental illness; (b) Redefining their identity and preventing relapse; and (c) Finding ways to advocate to decrease stigma and help others along their paths. Also included in the interviews was the participants' descriptions of frequent barriers to recovery. An integration of informal networks with formal mental health services aided their recovery.
AB - Recovery from serious and persistent mental illness (SPMI) is multi-faceted. Twenty individuals with SPMI who considered themselves successful in recovery participated in semi-structured interviews. Most were customers of mental health projects funded by NEBHANDS, a federal grant. Common themes on their paths to recovery included: (a) Finding acceptance and understanding of their mental illness; (b) Redefining their identity and preventing relapse; and (c) Finding ways to advocate to decrease stigma and help others along their paths. Also included in the interviews was the participants' descriptions of frequent barriers to recovery. An integration of informal networks with formal mental health services aided their recovery.
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U2 - 10.1080/01612840701244086
DO - 10.1080/01612840701244086
M3 - Article
C2 - 17454286
AN - SCOPUS:34247516416
SN - 0161-2840
VL - 28
SP - 325
EP - 340
JO - Issues in Mental Health Nursing
JF - Issues in Mental Health Nursing
IS - 4
ER -