A free download, the fact sheet features the topical headings such as: What is recovery? Is recovery possible? What is recovery like for someone living with a serious psychiatric disability? And a list of resources which provides an opportunity for a reader to further explore additional information on their own and at their own pace.

The National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD) and the National Technical Assistance Center for State Mental Health Planning (NTAC). Description: This report features a collection of essays and information from a variety of national experts on psychiatric rehabilitation. The report includes a panel discussion on workforce issues, a preview of measurement tools now in development, case studies of successful systems and ideas at the state and local levels, and print and online resources for more information.

This monograph is a compilation of the briefing papers presented at the Conference. The papers, written by people with psychiatric disabilities and other experts, were designed to summarize current knowledge about self-determination, and to suggest action steps for the future.

The University of Illinois at Chicago National Research & Training Center

This report is an update on the "Mental Health Recovery: What Helps and What Hinders?" report published in 2002 (and listed below). The project evolved from collaborative efforts to create a set of mental health system performance indicators for facilitating an orientation in mental health recovery.

Onken, S. J., Dumont, J. M., Ridgway, P., Dornan, D. H., Ralph, R. Presented at the 2004 Joint National Conference on Mental Health Block Grant and Mental Health Statistics, Washington, DC.

The Commission's report emphasizes the need to transform our nation's mental health system and provides recommendations for steps that can be taken at national, state and local levels to improve mental health services and supports for people of all ages with mental illnesses.

The President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health. Final Report. DHHS Pub. No. SMA-03-3832. Rockville, MD

This report discusses the need for the culture of mental health care to shift to a culture based on self-determnination, empowering relationships, and full participation of mental health consumers in the work and community life of society.

The President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health. Report of the Subcommittee on Consumer Issues. Rockville, MD

This report provides and overview of peer support services in the United States in order to guide and promote understanding and integration of peer-run support within the continuum of community mental healthcare.

Alexandria, VA: National Technical Assistance Center for State Mental Health Planning, National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors

The goal of the Summit was to develop consensus around the issues of greatest concern to consumers and survivors and create action plans for future work.

Portland, OR: The National Mental Health Consumers' Self-Help Clearinghouse

The second report of two discusses the use of the Medicaid program to fund recovery-oriented services for adults with serious mental illnesses.

Vol. II, Pub No. AM-2. Washington, DC: Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law

This report identifies and describes promising practices on creating violence and coercion free treatment environments. Included are basic concepts of conflict management and alternative dispute resolution to the mental health field, the potential application of these techniques to specific mental health settings, and a description of how this approach can provide concrete tools and assistance to states in their efforts to reduce the use of seclusion and restraint.

Blanch, A., & Prescott, L. Alexandria, VA: National Association for State mental Health Program Directors and the National Technical Assistance Center for State Mental Health Planning

This document describes how states fund recovery-focused services in the community for people with mental illnesses. It also explains the federal rules governing community-based psychiatric rehabilitation and case management services for adults under Medicaid and the issues facing mental health systems using the federal-state program. Excerpts from states’ service definitions and state-by-state tables showing services covered under managed care and fee-for-services plans are also included.

Vol. I, Pub No. AM-1. Washington, DC: Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law

This report is a collaborative effort among a number of state mental health agencies that were interested in developing a measure related to recovery and one of several indicators that can be used to assess the performance of state and local mental health systems and providers.

Onken, S. J., Dumont, J. M., Ridgway, P., Dornan, D. H., Ralph, R. Alexandria, VA: National Technical Assistance Center for State Mental Health Planning, National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors

This report is designed to encourage state mental health agencies to consider establishing an Office of Consumer Affairs to help ensure that consumers have a strong voice in state mental health policy development, planning, and practice. The report includes implementation practices, staffing issues, key responsibilities, consumer issues, and hiring practices.

Executive Summary. National Technical Assistance Center for State Mental Health Planning, National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors

This document discusses the need for consumer/survivor/expatients to overcome discrimination, helplessness, and isolation and become socially empowered to participate in creating new policies.

Daniel Fisher. Lawrence, MA: The National Empowerment Center

This report examines the mental health delivery system and the principle of a state/county partnership; the mental health services provided for children, adolescents, adults, and the elderly; and the impact of stigma on community perceptions and current mental health policies. Also included are recommendations for a service system targeted at prevention, early intervention, treatment, recovery, and positive consumer outcomes.

Final Report. Madison, WI

This report is based on information the Ohio Department of Mental Health obtained from a series of community forums and dialogues with consumers and family members across the state of Ohio, and the Ohio Community Support Program Advisory Committee. The purpose of this report was to discover and define mental health recovery to help shape a new vision of state mental health intervention and treatment. During these discussions, eight major themes of recovery were produced.

Velma Beale & Tom Lambric. Columbus, OH: Community Support Program Advisory Committee, Ohio Department of Mental Health, Office of Consumer Services