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Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research

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National Estimates for Mental Health Mutual Support Groups, Self-Help Organizations, and Consumer-Operated Services

Authors: Ingrid D. Goldstrom, Jean Campbell, Joseph A. Rogers, David B. Lambert, Beatrice Blacklow, Marilyn J. Henderson, Ronald W. Manderscheid

Published in: Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research | Issue 1/2006

Abstract

The authors report on a 2002 national survey of mental health mutual support groups (MSG) and self-help organizations (SHO) run by and for mental health consumers and/or family members, and consumer-operated services (COS). They found 7467 of these groups and organizations—3315 MSGs, 3019 SHOs, and 1133 COSs—greatly eclipsing the number of traditional mental health organizations (4546). MSGs reported that 41,363 people attended their last meetings. SHOs reported a total of 1,005,400 members. COSs reported serving 534,551 clients/members in 1 year. The array of services and supports provided within each of these types (MSG, SHO, COS) is reported, and implications for the President’s New Freedom Commission on Mental Health recommendations are explicated.

Although persons who use or have used mental health services refer to themselves in various terms (e.g., mental health consumer, psychiatric survivor, ex-patient, client, and recipient), for consistency throughout this paper, the term “consumer” will be used.

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Title: National Estimates for Mental Health Mutual Support Groups, Self-Help Organizations, and Consumer-Operated Services
Authors: Ingrid D. Goldstrom
Jean Campbell
Joseph A. Rogers
David B. Lambert
Beatrice Blacklow
Marilyn J. Henderson
Ronald W. Manderscheid
Publication date: 01-01-2006
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research / Issue 1/2006
Print ISSN: 0894-587X
Electronic ISSN: 1573-3289
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10488-005-0019-x

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