Empowerment: An emerging mental health technology
- 1 September 1987
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of Prevention
- Vol. 8 (1-2) , 71-94
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01695019
Abstract
This paper addresses the theory and practice of empowerment as an emerging mental health technology, as well as its relationship to prevention. The paper begins with a discussion of the increasing interest in empowerment by preventionists. Definitional issues are then considered; in this context the disparate philosophical world views of empowerment and prevention are outlined. Next, attention is directed to emprowerment in practice. This section is followed by a discussion of possible roles for professionals in empowerment activities. The paper ends with a note of caution to mental health professionals who plan to use the emerging technology of empowerment.Keywords
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