An Industry Thoughtleader’s Reflections on Recovery
September 17, 2009 We’ve had some robust comments following on our recent articles by my colleague Dan Aune. One commentary article, “The Recovery Model a Euphemism for State Cost-Cutting?" (FREE) spoke to the challenges for states to implement a recovery-oriented model for services—and the ‘observation’ that perhaps state mental health departments were using ‘recovery’ as means to cut mental health spending. My friend and colleague Joan Erney, J.D., Deputy Secretary of the Pennsylvania Office of Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services took time out of her very busy schedule to provide two interesting perspectives. She . . .
