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Self direction

Self direction is an all encompassing term that includes both individual budgets as a system tool and recovery as a philosophy that allows individuals to direct ones own care based on information, evidence and prognosis.

	Title: A voice and choice Published: September 2007 Summary: Self Directed Support by people with mental health problems - A Discussion Paper by Rita K. Brewis. This discussion document considers how Self Directed Support can help people with mental health problems achieve the same rights to full citizenship as others.
	Title: Self direction Published: 2006 Summary: Document on the shift to self-direction - people being in control of the supports they use. CSIP.
	Title: Youngminds - SOS Published: 2006 Summary: This publication is produced by the YoungMinds Stressed Out and Struggling (SOS) Project, which is funded by the Big Lottery Fund. The project aims to highlight the mental health needs of 16-25 year-olds, and campaigns to improve access to and acceptability of mental health services for this age group.
	Title: Final demand Published: 2006 Summary: First Step Trust and Royal College of Psychiatrists. Booklet providing basic advice on dealing with debt.
	Title: Navigating mental health services Summary: Introduction to mental health service, may be useful for service user/carer groups or presentation to non-professional staff or student nurses.
	Title: Consumer 1 Summary: The Ohio Self Assessment tool is a self assessment questionaire made up of 72 questions that have been developed by users of services in Ohio. They are well validated and respected by services, carers as well as users from many ethnic minority groups. Useful if it's developed with DREEM.
	Title: Users voices Summary: The main purpose of User-Focused Monitoring (UFM) is systematically to find out what mental health service users think about living in the community, of their services and of their experiences of being in hospital. UFM questionnaires all included questions that covered the key areas of: information, the care delivery process, clinical issues, mental health crises, user involvement, advocacy, health records and complaints and user satisfaction with care.

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