Below are recovery resources related to the Community Care Recovery Institute. These resources are included for your convenience and do not represent any endorsement by the Community Care Recovery Institute staff of their content or the organizations themselves.

Campus Mental Health: Know Your Rights! A Guide for Students Who Want to Seek Help for Mental Illness or Emotional Distress
This is a guide for college and university students seeking mental health services. The guide informs students about their legal rights and offers guidance on topics including where to seek help; academic accommodations; and hospital care. The guide was developed by the Leadership21 Committee, a group of young adults advising the Bazelon Center. It is available as a free download.
Link:	http://www.bazelon.org/l21/rightsguide.htm
Author:	Leadership21 Committee of the Bazelon Center
Publisher:	Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
Date:	2008

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Challenging Stereotyping and Bias: A Voice Simulation Study
This study tested the use of a voice hearing simulation exercise with student nurses to determine its effect on existing bias toward people with mental illnesses, and was compared to a control group which did not receive any type of desensitization/learning exercise. The nurses who experienced the voice simulation exercise demonstrated a significant change in attitude and felt they had gained insight into what it’s like to experience auditory hallucinations. They also expressed belief that the therapeutic relationship could have a positive effect on a person’s treatment. The authors concluded that the orientation process for nursing students should include methods to challenge stereotyping and bias to decrease stigma, improve service access, and enhance the ability to develop therapeutic relationships.
Link:	http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18320956
Author:	Dearing, K.S., & Steadman, S.
Publisher:	Journal of Nursing Education, Vol. 47, No. 2
Date:	2008

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Improving Quality and Curbing Health Care Spending: Opportunities for the Congress and the Obama Administration
This Dartmouth Institute health policy paper discusses shared decision-making and informed patient choice as ways to improve quality and curb health care spending.
Link:	http://tdi.dartmouth.edu/press_releases/Policy%20Paper%20E-vfnl.pdf
Author:	Wennberg, JE, Brownlee, S., Fisher, ES, Skinner, JS, & Weinstein, JN
Publisher:	The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice
Date:	2008

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Law & Psychiatry: Slowing the Revolving Door: Community Reentry of Offenders With Mental Illness
This article provides information, resources, and ideas for mental health providers, consumers, families, associations, government agencies and other stakeholders on the recommendations from the “National Wellness Pledge”. The pledge was the outcome of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) sponsored 2007 National Wellness Summit where consumers, researchers, providers, policy-makers and family members came together to address the issue of early mortality rates for people with mental illnesses. The editors highlight initiatives that address health disparities for people with psychiatric disabilities through service, research, and resource development for integrating wellness into mental health systems around the country.
Link:	http://ps.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/55/4/373
Author:	Haimowitz, S.
Publisher:	Psychiatric Services, Vol. 55, No. 4
Date:	2004

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Promoting  Independence  and  Recovery  through  Work:  Employment  for People  with  Psychiatric  Disabilities
This Issue Brief explores the benefits of work for people with psychiatric disabilities and the barriers they encounter. It also examines Supported Employment and various work incentives and important ways States can support successful employment for people with psychiatric disabilities including collaboration and creative financing. This article is available free as a downloadable pdf file.
Link:	http://www.nga.org/Files/pdf/0707MHWEBCASTBRIEF.PDF
Author:	National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD) and Advocates for Human Potential, Inc.
Publisher:	National Governors Association, Center For Best Practices (NGA)
Date:	2007

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Self-Disclosure and Its Impact on Individuals Who Receive Mental Health Services
The stigma associated with mental illness is one of the most persistent problems people face. It is fundamental to discrimination in housing, employment, and health insurance. It prevents treatment and it impedes recovery. This monograph, developed by the Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS), examines the role self-disclosure plays in reducing stigma and discrimination associated with mental illness. Research has shown that public attitudes about mental illness improve when people have contact, or interactions, with people with mental illnesses. This monograph examines current literature related to self-disclosure and provides the findings from a series of key informant interviews to examine the factors that promote or hinder self-disclosure. This is available as a free downloadable pdf document.
Link:	http://mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/publications/allpubs/SMA08-4337/
Author:	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.
Publisher:	U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Center for Mental Health Services
Date:	2008

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Supportive  Housing  for  People  with  Mental  Illness:  Regaining  a  Life  in the Community
This Issue Brief examines the need for supportive housing and describes the possible supports that might be available to someone living in supportive housing. It outlines the characteristics of supportive housing as an evidence-based practice, and reviews activities States can choose to engage in to create a range of affordable housing with support services for people with mental illnesses. Resources are also given. This article is available free as a downloadable pdf file.
Link:	http://www.nga.org/Files/pdf/0709MHWEBCASTHOUSINGBRIEF.PDF
Author:	National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD) and Advocates for Human Potential, Inc.
Publisher:	National Governors Association, Center For Best Practices (NGA)
Date:	2007

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Transforming Mental Health Care to Support Recovery
This Issue Brief begins with general background information on the extent of mental illness in this country and the barriers that prevent individuals from seeking care. It then discusses recovery, which is the underlying vision of a transformed system of care, and describes what transformation looks like in action, including the implications of transformation on the broader State system. State-level strategies for transformation are also highlighted, and resources are given. The brief is available as a free pdf document.
Link:	http://www.nga.org/Files/pdf/0705MHWEBCASTBRIEF.PDF
Author:	National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD) and Advocates for Human Potential, Inc.
Publisher:	National Governors Association, Center For Best Practices (NGA)
Date:	2007

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Wellness and Recovery – The Vision and the Pledge
This article provides information, resources, and ideas for mental health providers, consumers, families, associations, government agencies and other stakeholders on the recommendations from the “National Wellness Pledge”. The pledge was the outcome of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) sponsored 2007 National Wellness Summit where consumers, researchers, providers, policy-makers and family members came together to address the issue of early mortality rates for people with mental illnesses. The editors highlight initiatives that address health disparities for people with psychiatric disabilities through service, research, and resource development for integrating wellness into mental health systems around the country. This is a free downloadable pdf file.
Link:	http://www.bu.edu/cpr/resources/newsletter/healthandwellness/
Author:	Boston University, Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation Newsletter
Publisher:	Recovery & Rehabilitation, Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Boston University, College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent College, Vol. 4, No. 3
Date:	2008

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