[Intentional peer support].

In this paper, we will describe the core themes behind the practice of Intentional Peer Support (IPS), offering a unique perspective on what has commonly been described as "mental illness" and the power dynamics inherent in traditional helping relationships. Through intentional conversations that explore "how we've come to know what we know" and challenge the naming of our experience by others, we begin to find new ways of understanding and responding to our own and other people's experiences. In addition, we emphasize the importance of mutuality in relationships.

[Crisis and connection.].

Psychiatric interventions for crisis care lie at the center of the conflict between forced treatment and recovery/wellness systems in mental health services. Though crisis can mean completely different things to people who have the experience, the general public has been taught a unilateral fear response based on media representation. More and more this has led to social control but is erroneously still called treatment This does nothing to help the person and in fact further confuses people already trying to make meaning of their experience.

Crisis and connection.

Psychiatric interventions for crisis care lie at the center of the conflict between involuntary commitment and recovery/wellness systems in mental health services. Though crisis can mean completely different things to people who have the experience, the general public has been convinced by the media that people with psychiatric disabilities are to be feared. More and more this has led to social control but is erroneously still called treatment.

The role of work in the recovery of persons with psychiatric disabilities.

This study explored the role of work in the recovery of employed and unemployed persons with psychiatric disabilities. Fourteen persons with psychiatric disabilities participated in semi-structured interviews. Content analysis revealed that the experience of recovery was based on six major dimensions: self-definition, empowerment, connections to others, meaning of work, vocational future, and meaning of recovery.