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