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Reports/Manuals on the Internet

This page includes links to various recovery-oriented research & committee reports as well as manuals designed to assist with the development and operation of consumer-operated agencies.

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Results from a National Survey of Certified Peer Specialist Job Titles and Job
Descriptions: Evidence of a Versatile Behavioral Health Workforce
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Schwenk, E.B., Brusilovskiy, E., & Salzer, M.S. (2009).  The University of Pennsylvania Collaborative on Community Integration: Philadelphia, PA.
A Guide for Consumer Organization Leadership: Principles for Practice TenHoor, W.J. (2002) TenHoor and Associates; On the National Empowerment Center website
Achieving the Promise: Transforming Mental Health Care in America (PDF) The President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health Final Report (July, 2003)
Certified Peer Specialist Training Program Descriptions   Katz, J. & M. Salzer (2006). UPENN Collaborative on Community Integration.  Philadelphia, PA.
Community Needs Assessment National Consumer Supporter Technical Assistance Center.  Alexandria, Virginia.  
Community Rehabilitation Programs and Organizational Change: A Mentor Guide to Increase Customized Employment Outcomes Butterworth, J.; Gandolf, C. (UMASS Boston); Revell, W. & K. Inge (Virginia Commonwealth University. (2007).  Office of Disability Employment Policy, US Department of Labor.
Emerging New Practices in Organized Peer Support   Campbell, J. & Leaver, J. (2003).  NTAC
Freedom Self-Advocacy Curriculum
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National Mental Health Consumers' Self-Help Clearinghouse
From Study to Action: A Strategic Plan for Transformation of Mental Health Care   Daniels, A. & N. Adams (2006).  The Partnership for Healthcare Change.
Fundraising Basics (PDF) National Consumer Supporter Technical Assistance Center
Georgia's Consumer-Driven Road to Recovery: A Mental Health Consumer's Guide for Participation In and Development of Medicaid Reimbursable Peer Support Services Georgia Mental Health Consumer Network (2003).  Georgia Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Addictive Diseases

Guide to Proposal Writing (PDF)

National Consumer Supporter Technical Assistance Center

How to Develop and Maintain a Consumer Advisory Board (PDF)

National Consumer Supporter Technical Assistance Center

Journey of Despair, Journeys of Hope: Young Adults Talk About Severe Mental Distress, Mental Health Services and Recovery Barnett, H. and H. Lapsley (2006).  Mental Health Commission Research Report, Aotearoa/New Zealand.
Keystones for Collaboration and Leadership: Issues and Recommendations for the Transformation of Community Psychiatry   Sowers, W. and K. Thompson, editors (2007).  American Association of Community Psychiatrists.

How to Establish 501 (c) (3) Status (PDF)

National Consumer Supporter Technical Assistance Center

Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General (PDF)

David Satcher, M.D., Ph.D.

Mental Health Recovery: What Helps and What Hinders? Onken, S.;  Dumont , J.; Ridgeway, P.; Dornan, D. and Ralph, R. (2002). Mental Health Recovery: What Helps and What Hinders? NASMHPD and NTAC
Mental Health Report: Patterns of Mental Health Service Utilization and Substance Use Among Adults, 2000 and 2001 SAMHSA (Office of Applied Studies)
Part II: How to Become a Nonprofit Parrish, Brian and Cassandra Nudel.  VOCAL Support Center (Virginia).
Paving New Ground: Peer Working in In-patient Settings Bluebird, Gayle. Supported by the National Technical Assistance Center, National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors
President's New Freedom Commission On Mental Health--Interim Report (PDF) New Freedom Commission on Mental Health
Self-Disclosure and it's Impact on Individuals Who Receive Mental Health Services Hyman, I. Self-Disclosure and Its Impact on Individuals Who Receive Mental Health Services. HHS Pub. No. (SMA)-08-4337 Rockville, MD. Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2008.
Voices of Transformation: Developing Recovery-Oriented Statewide Consumer Organizations National Empowerment Center and the Recovery Consortium (2007).  Second edition.  Lawrence, MA: Author.

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