Research Core:

Negotiating Lives in Communities

Core Director: Kim Hopper, Ph.D.
Co-Director:  Lynn Videka-Sherman, Ph.D.

Aims: 

• Documents the patterns and explicates the consequences for individuals with severe mental illness of the new and often ad hoc arrangements for their care and livelihood; 
• Identifies provisional corrective measures for the care and livelihood of persons with severe mental illness; 
• Explores the meaning and effects of work, self-help and other recovery-oriented activities on persons with severe mental illness.