The Participatory Medicine movement and Best Practice Standards: Are Psych Patients being excluded?
By Maria Mangicaro “Participatory Medicine is a movement in which networked patients shift from being mere passengers to responsible drivers of their health, and in which providers encourage and value them as full partners.” The Feb. 1, article “Participatory Medicine: Must You Be Rich to Participate?” published in the Journal of Participatory Medicine raises serious…
Creating opportunities for parent empowerment: program effects on the mental health/coping outcomes of critically ill young children and their mothers.
Pediatrics. 2004 Jun;113(6):e597-607. Creating opportunities for parent empowerment: program effects on the mental health/coping outcomes of critically ill young children and their mothers. Melnyk BM, Alpert-Gillis L, Feinstein NF, Crean HF, Johnson J, Fairbanks E, Small L, Rubenstein J, Slota M, Corbo-Richert B. Source School of Nursing, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14642, USA.…
Coming Off Psychiatric Drugs: A Harm Reduction Approach with Will Hall
Psychiatric medications can sometimes be very useful, but there is often little information or guidance when the risks and harm start to outweigh the benefits. Will Hall provides an introductory overview of how to come off psychiatric medication. The Harm Reduction Guide to Coming Off Psychiatric Drugs can be downloaded for free here: http://willhall.net/comingoffmeds. Also…
Voices of the Heart Conference 2011: Will Hall
Will Hall “Coming Off Psychiatric Medications” at Alternatives 2010: part one
Will Hall gives a workshop at Alternatives 2010, entitled “Coming Off Psychiatric Medications: A Harm Reduction Approach.” This is part one of a four part series, each a 15 minute segment of the workshop, and includes addressing side effects. Download the free Harm Reduction Guide to Coming Off Psychiatric Drugs here: http://willhall.net/harmreductionguidecomingoffpsychdrugs/. Contact Will at…
Shared Decision Making at Mayo Clinic – Dr. Victor Montori
Uploaded by mayoclinic on Dec 16, 2010 Dr. Victor Montori defines the concept of shared decision making, which is being practiced here at Mayo Clinic. It is a truly revolutionizing concept to health care, with the objective remaining that “the needs of the patient come first.”
Shared Decision-Making Approaches for Medication Management in the Recovery Process
Uploaded by bu on Mar 31, 2010 The second day of the four-day continuing medical education seminar The Challenge of Promoting Health in Persons with Serious Mental Illness: From Science to Service is titled Mental Health Treatment and Health Promotion: Effecting Lifestyle Changes, Part 2. Melody Riefer discusses in her keynote address, Shared Decision-Making…
Confronting the Stigma of Mental Illness with Empowerment and Advocacy
Cheryl Gagne, a senior research and training associate at the Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, explores the causes and consequences of society’s stigma toward mental illness and what college students can do to mitigate discrimination and bias. Gagne’s presentation highlights Photovoice, a research and therapy technique that allows patients with mental illness to create photo-narratives of…
Participatory Concepts in Mental Health 