Featured Publications - Protection & Advocacy

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Status Inv. Code Format Title In stock & On-line KEN95-0000 Fact Sheet Center for Mental Health Services: Overview(KEN95-0000) This fact sheet describes the mission of the Center for Mental Health Services and provides an overview of the Center’s offices and divisions. 1998. 4 pp. Add to Cart

Status Inv. Code Format Title On-line Only CA-0013 Fact Sheet Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services Program for Children and Their Families (description of CMHS program in 45 States)(CA-0013) This fact sheet provides profiles of actual children and their families who have benefited from family-oriented systems of care offered through the Center for Mental Health Services’ Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services Program for Children and Their Families. 1997. 2 pp.

Status Inv. Code Format Title In stock & On-line SMA00-3471 Booklet Filing an ADA Employment Discrimination Charge: Making it Work For You(SMA00-3471) This guidebook provides information about the ADA employment discrimination administrative charge process. It provides case examples and explains when, where, and how to file a charge. 33 pp. Add to Cart

Status Inv. Code Format Title In stock & On-line KEN98-0051 Fact Sheet Know Your Rights(KEN98-0051) This fact sheet covers avenues to help individuals ensure legal protection for rights related to issues such as confidentiality and the benefits and risks of a certain treatment or procedure. 1998. 3 pp. Add to Cart

Status Inv. Code Format Title In stock & On-line KEN98-0051SP Hoja informativa Know Your Rights (Spanish Version)/Conozca Sus Derechos(KEN98-0051SP) Esta hoja informativa tiene información sobre las maneras de asegurar protección legal contra la discriminación en el trabajo, en la vivienda, en los programas públicos y las instituciones residenciales, incluyendo centros de tratamiento como los hospitales y servicios de comunicación. Add to Cart

Status Inv. Code Format Title In stock & On-line CMH97-5016 Journal Article Protection & Advocacy of Individuals with Mental Illness: PAIMI - Final Rule(CMH97-5016) This text is the current form, as amended in 2000, of the following rule in the Federal Code of Regulations: Title 42, Public Health, Chapter 1, Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services, Part 51, Requirements Applicable to the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Program.

Status Inv. Code Format Title In stock & On-line SMA-3719 Booklet Recovering Your Mental Health: Speaking Out for Yourself - A Self-Help Guide(SMA-3719) This is one of seven mental health self-help booklets. It addresses ways in which individuals can become self-advocates by taking control of the decisions that affect their lives. It provides simple assertiveness tips and other resources.

Status Inv. Code Format Title In stock Only KEN95-0034 Report Special Report: Protection and Advocacy: What Nurses Need to Know.(KEN95-0034) This article, originally published in the Archives of Psychiatric Nursing, Vol. IX, No. 5, emphasizes the important role of nurses in advocating for and protecting the rights of consumers with psychiatric disabilities within psychiatric treatment facilities and in other settings. Discusses nurse responsibilities that include identifying and reporting incidents of abuse and neglect and promoting the empowerment of consumers. October 1995. 8 pp.

Status Inv. Code Format Title On-line Only KEN95-0021 Fact Sheet State Planning and Systems Development Branch(KEN95-0021) This fact sheet provides information on the State Planning and Systems Development Branch of CMHS including what it does, what its goals are, and whom it serves.