1. Social Enterprise in Mental Health: An Overview.
- Author
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Mandiberg, James M.
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PUBLIC welfare , *CHARITY , *CREDIT , *DEVELOPMENTAL disabilities , *EMPLOYMENT of people with disabilities , *MENTAL health services , *NONPROFIT organizations , *COMMUNITY-based social services , *SOCIETIES - Abstract
This article provides an overview of the models and concepts of social enterprise utilized for and by people with serious mental illness histories. Although social enterprise in mental health is not new, the naming of it as social enterprise and the attention these efforts have garnered is new. This article will provide a brief history of social enterprise in formal social services; review some conceptual issues and differences between social enterprise in Europe and North America—the two major current centers of its activity; and conclude with some observations of the ways in which mental health social enterprises are developing. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2016
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