What is the consumer movement and how does it address issues of recovery, stigma and adequate service delivery?
The consumer movement began in 1909 when Clifford Beers, a young Connecticut businessman who had suffered in the state’s psychiatric asylums, organized a group of people to bring attention to the problem of maltreatment of people with mental illness. The organization he formed has evolved through the years into the advocacy group Mental Health America (formerly known as the National Mental Health Association), with local affiliates in every state. In addition to Mental Health America, the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), its local affiliates and many other groups have worked to educate the public about mental health, reduce stigma and discrimination, promote effective alternatives to inpatient treatment, create better conditions in hospitals, reduce the use of seclusion and restraint techniques, and improve services and access to services for people with mental illness. The consumer movement has been at the forefront in promoting the concept of recovery and in defining that
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