On Our Own, Together: Peer Programs for People with Mental Illness

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Peer฀Programs฀ for฀People฀with฀ Mental฀Illness On฀Our฀Own, TOGETHER Edited฀by฀Sally฀Clay With฀Bonnie฀Schell,฀Patrick฀W.฀Corrigan,฀and฀Ruth฀O.฀Ralph On฀Our฀Own,฀ TOGETHER Peer฀Programs฀for฀People฀with฀Mental฀Illness Clay Vanderbilt Health Care / Mental Illness / Public Policy Peer-run mental health programs— accounts by the people who developed them and who live them every day Vanderbilt University Press Nashville, Tennessee 37235 www.vanderbiltuniversitypress.com “This is a book like no other. While it contains most all the knowledge one would need to develop successful peer programs, it also addresses the philosophy, values, and passion one needs to do it. The various examples of peer programs weave together to tell the larger story of how and why peer programs do work.” —William A. Anthony, Director, Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Boston University “On Our Own, Together is an important book providing us with an understanding of the philosophy, work and healing power of peer-run programs. Rising up from the lived-experience of people diagnosed with major mental disorders, these peer programs have evolved over decades. Sally Clay and her co-authors teach us about the principles and practices that form the common ground for all these programs while also highlighting some of the differences between them.”—Patricia E. Deegan, Ph.D. On Our Own, Together looks in depth at eight successful peer-run programs for adults with serious mental illnesses. The book grew out of a 1998 meeting that led off a nationwide study to assess not only the effectiveness of consumeroperated services programs but also their implications for the future of mental health care in the United States. Sally Clay has been a leader in the mental health consumer/survivor movement for over twenty years. Instrumental in founding three consumer-run organizations—the Portland Coalition in Maine, PEOPLE in upstate New York, and the PEER Center in Florida—she worked as a therapist for Windhorse Associates, an alternative treatment program, and was a founder of Altered States of the Arts. Cover illustration: Adapted from a poster created by Lucy Gwin © Mouth Magazine. Design: Dariel Mayer ISBN 0-8265-1465-0 ™xHSKIMGy514653z ClayHCCover.indd฀฀฀1 4/17/05฀฀฀3:38:22฀PM On Our Own, Together OnOurOwnFinalPages.indd฀฀฀1 4/16/05฀฀฀6:09:42฀PM OnOurOwnFinalPages.indd฀฀฀2 4/16/05฀฀฀6:09:42฀PM On Our Own, Together Peer Programs for People with Mental Illness Edited by Sally Clay With Bonnie Schell, Patrick W. Corrigan, and Ruth O. Ralph Vanderbilt University Press NASHVILLE OnOurOwnFinalPages.indd฀฀฀3 4/16/05฀฀฀6:09:43฀PM © 2005 Vanderbilt University Press All rights reserved First Edition 2005 This book is printed on acid-free paper. Manufactured in the United States of America This publication was made possible by the Consumer-Operated Services Program (COSP), a multi-site collaboration funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS), grant numbers: Coordinating Center Missouri SM52328; Penn SM52355; Florida (& California) SM52332; Maine SM52362; Boston SM52352; Michigan/Tennessee SM52367; Mt. Sinai SM52372; Chicago SM52363 The publication contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the DHHS, SAMHSA, CMHS, or the COSP collaborating partners. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data On our own, together : peer programs for people with mental illness / edited by Sally Clay, with Bonnie Schell, Patrick W. Corrigan, and Ruth O. Ralph.—1st ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8265-1465-0 (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN 0-8265-1466-9 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Mentally ill—Rehabilitation. 2. Mentally ill—Services for. 3. Peer counseling in rehabilitation. 4. Self-help groups. RC480.5.O495 2005 362.2’04256—dc22 2004017371 OnOurOwnFinalPages.indd฀฀฀4 4/16/05฀฀฀6:09:43฀PM ...