Cash and counseling: A model for self-directed care programs to empower individuals with serious mental illnesses

Social Work in Mental Health

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 209-224

  Barczyk, Amanda N ^a   Lincove, Jane Arnold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cash and counseling; Empower; Personal assistance services; Self directed care; Serious mental illness

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951559093     PISSN: 15332985     EISSN: 15332993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15332980903405298     Document Type: Article

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