caa a22 4500 477132235 CHVBK 20180405111706.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19971101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1023/A:1022243106341 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1023/A:1022243106341 Consumers as Staff in Assertive Community Treatment Programs [Elektronische Daten] [Lisa Dixon, Ann Hackman, Anthony Lehman] The last decade has witnessed the increasing importance of consumers as providers of mental health services. Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) teams and ACT variants, with their emphasis on rehabilitation and support in the client's natural environment, have hosted consumer-professional collaborations. The authors discuss one such program in which an ACT program for homeless mentally ill adults employed consumer advocates (CAs). Consumer advocates were found to have a service profile similar to other staff. Further, there is suggestive evidence that the employment of CAs created a more positive attitude toward persons with mental illness. Issues of role definition, boundaries, support with supervision and the importance of CAs' experiences with mental illness are discussed. Human Sciences Press, Inc., 1997 Dixon Lisa Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland, USA aut Hackman Ann Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland, USA aut Lehman Anthony Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland, USA aut Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers 25/2(1997-11-01), 199-208 0894-587X 25:2<199 1997 25 10488 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022243106341 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022243106341 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Dixon Lisa Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hackman Ann Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lehman Anthony Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers 25/2(1997-11-01), 199-208 0894-587X 25:2<199 1997 25 10488 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer