You're on the Team: Helpful Resources
Helpful Resources
Shared decision-making in mental health treatment
SAMHSA resources:
- Shared Decision Making in Mental Health Care, Practice, Research and Future Directions, 2007 report
- Patricia Deegan: CommonGround
- Center for Informed Medical Decisions: Shared Decision-making
- Center for Shared Decision Making
Decision Aids:
- Ottawa Health Research Institute: patient decision aids
Patients
Set goals and plan for recovery:
Workbooks from the UIC Mental Health Services Research Center
This is Your Life! Creating a Self-Directed Life Plan OTH-033; $10.00
Raising Difficult Issues with Your Service Provider OTH-031; $5.00
Contact Tina Carter at 312-413-3526
Create a psychiatric advance directive:
Learn about your mental health condition:
- Mental Health America: mental health information
- National Institute of Mental Health
- Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
- Anxiety Disorders Association of America
Find a support group
- Mental Health America: find a support group
- National Mental Health Consumers Clearinghouse: directory of consumer-driven services