GIH Mental Health Audioconference Series
When:
Tuesday, March 29, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern / 1:00 p.m. Central / 12:00 p.m. Mountain / 11:00 a.m. Pacific
Who:
- Dr. Daniel Fisher, National Empowerment Center and Hogg Foundation for Mental Health’s National Advisory Council
- Tammy Heinz, Hogg Foundation for Mental Health
What:
Consumers, or recipients of mental health and substance use disorder services, can provide effective support to their peers and carry the message that recovery is possible. In addition, consumers are participating in training, evaluation, and policy development. The President’s New Freedom Commission for Mental Health report Achieving the Promise: Transforming Mental Health Care in America (2003) highlighted the importance of consumers in the design, delivery, and review of mental health services.
Do you include consumers when planning behavioral health grants, special projects, publications, and convenings? Do you use consumers as consultants or hire consumers as employees? The speakers on this webinar each discussed their own recovery perspective and how this experience benefits their current work, and shared strategies to incorporate the consumer voice into foundation activities.
Related Content
- Daniel Fisher Presentation – PDF document, 3465 KB
- Tammy Heinz Presentation – PDF document, 506 KB