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Consumer Mental Health Resource Center
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What We're About
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The Resource Center is a pre-vocational unit designed to instill a first-hand knowledge of library science, computers and information services to mental health consumers intersested in returning to the work-force. The Resource Center provides a means for the mental health community to access information on such topics as housing, entitlements, medications, transportation, education, and especially information providing insight into the clients' illnesses.
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Our Other Duties
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The Resource Center's function is to provide the above mentioned services to Adult Partial Hospital consumers and staff. The Center operates daily and serves all members and staff with their informational needs. Consumers and staff who require informational assistance recieve the full benefit of the expertise of the milieu participants, as well as the ability to receive or borrow the materials offered. All the Adult Partial Hospital participants have access to the internet through the aid of a Resource Center member. A person in need of service enters the Center to be greeted by a receptionist who assists in the completion of the consumer's request. Should information not be presently available, a request is logged to research the information.
The Resource Center promotes consumer empowerment and independance, while assisting in the development of interpersonal skills. In today's informational society, the ability to function and communicate is directly associated with a person's ability to access information. The Resource Center's goal is to provide information services which will promote the consumer's sense of self-worth and well-being.
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Mental Health Newsletter
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One of the exciting features of the cmhrc that website visiters can access, is the Mental Health Newsletter. Over the past two years, MHN staff writers have tackled such diverse topics as Depression, Borderline Personality, ECT, the Addictive Personality and Schizophrenia. The focus is upbeat, up to date and on the cutting edge of current mental health information. MHN is one of a handful of publications written by and for the mental health consumer.
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