"En av oss" : en studie av muligheter og utfordringer ved ansettelser av personer med erfaringskompetanse i psykisk helsevern

2010

Masteroppgave i psykisk helsearbeid- Universitetet i Agder 2010 Background: How do we provide the best suitable service for mental health? If we hold on to the traditional medical models and methods that are based on evidence and has worked for years, or do we develop the approach further and see if other types of knowledge should be included and be seen as valid in treatment of mental illness? Maybe developing the term “empowerment” can contribute to change the original pattern of treatment? My research involves a continuation of the empowerment concept, as I see it, and is about the question; can and should people with this expertise be employed in mental health care either through clinic…