{"title":"The self-help clearinghouse of metropolitan Toronto: an innovative approach to consumer participation.","authors":"R Todres","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This paper reports on the existence of a Self-Help Clearinghouse in Metropolitan Toronto which uses a community-based model of service delivery in the mental health system and is marked by a high degree of consumer participation. Some of the functions of the Self-Help Clearinghouse are (i) information and referral, (ii) community education, (iii) community development and (iv) research.</p>","PeriodicalId":75667,"journal":{"name":"Canada's mental health","volume":"37 2","pages":"26-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1989-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Canada's mental health","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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This paper reports on the existence of a Self-Help Clearinghouse in Metropolitan Toronto which uses a community-based model of service delivery in the mental health system and is marked by a high degree of consumer participation. Some of the functions of the Self-Help Clearinghouse are (i) information and referral, (ii) community education, (iii) community development and (iv) research.