National Research and Training Center (NRTC)

The Center develops scholarly reports on innovative programmatic and policy issues in human services and public mental health systems. All the following reports are downloadable PDFs.

• Financing "Money-Follows-the-Person" Models for Adults with Mental Illnesses
• Planning Ownership in Person-Centered Planning when Serving Children and Adults
• Definitions and Elements of Recovery: A Review of the Literature
• Employment and Income Supports: Issue Paper prepared for The President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health
• "Patient-Centered" and "Consumer-Directed" Mental Health Services: Report Prepared for the Institute of Medicine

13 Briefing Papers on Fostering Mental Health Self-Determination at the Individual, System/Financing, and Societal Levels

• Fostering Leadership: Collective Self-Determination among People with Psychiatric Disabilities
• Barriers to Self-Determination for People who have been Identified as Having Mental Illness in Western Society
• Getting to Systems that Promote Self-Determination through Research and Evaluation
• The Contract with Women of the USA: A Model of Policy Advocacy to Promote Self-Determination
• Self-Determination in Mental Health Recovery: Taking Back Our Lives
• Self-Determination for People with Psychiatric Disabilities: Personal Obstacles and Facilitators
• Run for the Stronghold: The Story of One Survivor's Source of Self-Determination - Self-Acceptance and Love
• The Role of Information & Communication Technology in Promoting Self-Determination for Mental Health Consumer/Survivors
• Early Findings of the University of Illinois at Chicago, National Research and Training Center's Web-Based Survey on Consumer Self-Determination and Technology
• Contextualizing Self-Determination within a Mental Health Recovery Oriented Service and Support System
• The Promise of Self-Determination for Persons with Psychiatric Disabilities
• Self-Determination and Person-Directed Support

Annotated Bibliography on Self-Determination for People with Psychiatric Disabilties

Annotated Bibliography on Self-Determination and Technology

Assessing the Financial Planning Needs of Americans with Mental Illnesses

National Consensus Initiative on Person/Family-Centered Planning