Issues

Name	Description	Link
All CI Related Issues	CI Issues include the following community integration domains: Employment, Housing, Education, Citizenship, Social Roles, Peer Support, Self-Determination,...	View
ADA: Americans with Disabilities Act	Fundamental to the definition of community integration is the expectation that people with psychiatric disabilities can have the same opportunity to live in the community as everyone else. To live in the community requires the abi...	View
Citizenship and Civic Engagement	The community integration movement focuses on insuring that people with psychiatric disabilities have the same opportunities in life as everyone else, and this includes supporting people as they...	View
Community Integration: Concept & History	Community integration has been a strongly held value and goal in mental health policy that has recently been affirmed as a right of people with cognitive and psychiatric disabilities based on the landmark 1999 Olmstead Supreme Court decision. The ...	View
Education	Increasing educational opportunities for individuals with serious mental illnesses is critical to community integration. Data fr...	View
Employment	Like the song says, work is "more than a paycheck" - employment and a career commitment to participating in the labor force. Sociologists tell us that the two most important human activities are work and family. People who have been side...	View
Housing	Over the past three decades, mental health housing has become integrated with other, more traditional mental health services in various configurations of different living arrangements and service delivery systems. Mental health services-based housing...	View
Language: The Importance of Language in Promoting	This issue covers the importance of language in promoting community integration. "People First" language, how language change occurs, addressing negative beliefs and "Best Practices" are discussed. What is &...	View
Olmstead Decision	For people with psychiatric disabilities, the U.S. Supreme Court's 1999 Olmstead v. L.C. decision is a monumental desegregation order. In the same way that the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision called on states to stop segregating schools by...	View
Peer Support	What is peer support? Peer support is social/emotional support, frequently coupled with material support - e.g., financial resources or housing - that is mutually offered or provided by persons who have psychiatric dis...	View
Recreation & Leisure	Like anyone else, persons who have serious mental illnesses need a sense of belonging and a feeling of satisfaction with their l...	View
Self-Determination	Broadly defined, self-determination refers to the right of individuals to have full power over their own lives. It encompasses concepts of freedom in the political, economic, cultural, and social context in which people l...	View
Social Roles	Most people fulfill a number of significant social roles, often at the same time. At the same moment you are a parent to your children, you are a family member to some people, a friend to others and a romantic partner to another. Such roles g...	View
Spirituality & Religion	The goal of the UPenn Collaborative is to assist individuals with psychiatric disabilities so they can live and be a part of the...	View
Stigma	Negative stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination surrounding psychiatric disorders have caused enormous social and personal damage. People may be unwilling to seek treatment for their symptoms because of the stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimi...	View

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