Real lives, real jobs: Sustaining consumer perspective work in the mental health sector

Advances in Mental Health

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 313-325

  Bennetts, Wanda ^a   Pinches, Allan ^b   Paluch, Tamar ^c   Fossey, Ellie ^d  

^a Institute of Psychiatric Nursing   (Australia)

^b Northwest Health Service   (Australia)

^c Business Unit and Employer Relations Eshnav Ltd   (Israel)

^d LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Consumer workforce; Employment; Mental health services; Participatory research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892501461     PISSN: 18387357     EISSN: 18374905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/jamh.2013.11.3.313     Document Type: Article

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