Consumer-run drop-in centers and clubhouses : Comparisons of services and resources in a statewide sample

• Consumer-run programs and clubhouses are 2 important models in the emerging field of psychosocial rehabilitation according to the 1999 Surgeon General's report (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 1999). However, no published studies have compared the operations and services of these 2 models. The research reported here involves a statewide study of a matched sample of 29 clubhouses and 29 consumer-run drop-in centers (CDIs), with data gathered by obtaining documents from and conducting on-site interviews with agency directors. As expected, the authors found greater member control and involvement at CDIs and more instrumental services and activities at clubhouses. The authors also found that clubhouses had substantially more resources than CDIs and that CDIs showed significantly greater variance across programs on most measures. Implications for planning and further research are presented. © 2005 Educational Publishing Foundation.

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SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Sociologi (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Sociology (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

consumer-operated services

mental health consumers

psychiatric disabilities

psychosocial rehabilitation

serious mental illness

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