Mental Health Consumers' Motives for Seeking Advocacy Support: A Qualitative Exploration.

This study addresses the literature gap through presenting a qualitative analysis of 60 records from an advocacy service. Four major themes emerged, across which two key issues were dominant: the sense of fearfulness and disempowerment. These issues accentuate the importance of advocates in enhancing the agency of mental health consumers.
PMID: 29094230 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Community Mental Health Journal - November 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Stomski NJ, Morrison P, Whitely M, Brennan P Tags: Community Ment Health J Source Type: research