A nurse is involved with a group who advocates for improved and effective psychiatric services and consumer empowerment. Which of the following groups is the nurse most likely working with?
a. NAMI Consumer Council
b. National Mental Health Consumer's As-sociation (NMHCA)
c. National Association of Psychiatric Sur-vivors (NAPS)
d. Consumer/Survivor Mental Health Re-search and Policy Work Group
ANS: A
The NAMI Consumer Counsel advocates for improved and effective psychiatric services and consumer empowerment. The NMHCA is a consumer organization that advocates for improve-ments in the mental health system. The NAPS is a consumer organization that advocates for such things as involuntary treatment and some forms of treatment like electroconvulsive therapy. The Consumer/Survivor Mental Health Research and Policy Work Group is an endeavor sponsored by the Mental Health Statistics Improvement Program of the CMHS to initiate consumer representa-tion in activities of the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD).
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