CARe Europe News

Good practice in users involvement by Külli Mäe and Anita Kurvits

05.23. 2013.

Are we (socially) included?
The workshop has two main goals:
a) To introduce Estonian peer counseling teamwork experiences with professional helpers through personal point of view.
b) To invite participants to debate and make proposals to CARe Europe network to ensure better involvement of recovering clients/ service users.

CARe Methodology: How to support clients with recovery and participation by Dirk den Hollander and Theo Euverman

05.21. 2013.

Workshop 3: CARe Methodology: How to support clients with recovery and participation by
Dirk den Hollander and Theo Euverman (Netherlands)

An uneven path; Experiences from Georgia by Nino Agdgomelashvili

05.20. 2013.

In Georgia, GIP is working on a national reforms programme. Nino Agdgomelashvili will speak about ‘an uneven path; experiences from Georgia.

Moving from the institution to the community; Experiences in Kyrgyzstan by Mikhail Popkov

05.20. 2013.

In Kyrgyzstan, CARe Europe representative Dr. Mikhail Popkov works as a psychiatrist in Bishkek in a large mental health hospital. Instead of sitting in the hospital he runs a mobile team that is visiting people in their home.

Peer Support Initiatives: Contributing to Service Delivery in a Mental Health Trust by Dr David Blazey

05.17. 2013.

David Blazey (United Kingdom), Social Inclusion and Recovery Project Manager, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and Maudsley Charity.

Moving from the institution to the community; Experiences in Croatia

05.12. 2013.

In Croatia, Ada Stojanovic Babic from Zagreb is running community housing service for people with mental health problems in Zagreb. Her method is very cost effective as instead of high profile professionals she hires members of local community and from the neighbourhood (usually long term unemployed people whose salary is supported by labour offices) and she made a great progress with them.