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CHOICES, Inc.,
was formed to provide alternatives
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in the community
to the current medication
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dominated mental
health system… CHOICES is
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what is known as
a Consumer Run program, where
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"consumer"
means someone who has been labeled
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with a serious
mental illness and is a past or present
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recipient of
mental health services. More
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specifically, …
"at least 2/3rds of the members of
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the Board of
Directors shall be a past or present
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recipient of
mental health services of such a nature
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that inpatient
care may have been necessary." The
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philosophy
behind CHOICES is reflected in both its
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name and the
words which create the acronym
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CHOICES -- Consumers
Having Ownership In
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Creating Effective
Services -- which is people having
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options of their
own creation and choosing.
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