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Recovery Stories – Episode 5: The Medical Model & Resistance to Recovery
In the fifth installment of Recovery Stories, people with lived experience respond to the question “What would it take for the recovery model to truly take hold?” Before the concept of recovery evolved, many individuals’ experience of treatment left them feeling that they were fundamentally broken, and that their only recourse would be a lifetime of medication, with little hope for a positive quality of life. The people whose voices are gathered here have experienced how recovery can re-shape the way they relate to themselves and the world. They have some thoughts on how focusing on strengths and including peer …
Recovery Stories – Episode 4: The Impact of Living in Recovery
In the world of mental health, recovery is often presented as a positive goal, and a model for how individuals can deal with their mental health challenges. Living in recovery, or simply looking at mental health through the lens of recovery, allows people to change how they think about their mental health, their lives and their future. But what exactly does recovery mean on a day-to-day basis, from a practical standpoint? In the fourth installment in CAFE TAC’s Recovery Stories, people with lived experience open up about the tangible impact of living in recovery. From employment and renewed personal relationships, …
Recovery Stories – Episode 3: Recovery Through Peer Support
The third installment in the Recovery Stories video series is now available to view online. In this segment, Recovery Through Peer Support, people with lived experience discuss the role that peer support has played in their recovery, and how helping others has been central to supporting their own wellness. The Recovery Stories series features people with lived experience sharing their thoughts, insights and experiences, in an effort to help others better understand what the idea of recovery means. The entire series is available in the Recovery Stories section of the site. New videos will be posted every two weeks throughout …
About The CAFE TA Center
The CAFÉ TA Center is a program of The Family Café, a cross-disability organization that has been connecting individuals with information, training and resources since 1998. The Center is supported by SAMHSA to operate one of its five national technical assistance centers; providing technical assistance, training, and resources that facilitate the restructuring of the mental health system through effective consumer directed approaches for adults with serious mental illnesses across the country.
We Exist to Help You
The CAFÉ TA Center is committed to providing quality training to consumers and advocates throughout the country. Consumers in the community need the right knowledge and tools to effectively organize, speak for themselves, and thrive in their daily lives. Thanks to the technology available, it has become relatively easy to connect with consumers and advocates and share resources without having to ask people to interrupt their daily routines by traveling to attend training.
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The CAFÉ TA Center is committed to connecting consumers, advocates and organizations with information and resources that can make a real difference for them, regardless of where they come from. That’s why we have created this section, to house those resources that partners, experts, peers and advocates and developed and chosen to share with others. We truly believe that our advocacy and capacity can be greatly enhanced by working together, not only across states and SAMHSA programs, but also across the entire spectrum of healthcare and human services advocacy.