Care is provided in an intimate environment without professional, authoritative shield and barriers. Changing the environment. No limits on participation. There is an emphasis on a social rather than a medical model of care. Emphasis is on the client's strengths rather than on pathologies.
Emphasis is on the here and now rather than on problems from the past.
Principles 14 and 15 were added by the 1990's as they were believed to be so strongly integral to the processes of psychosocial rehabilitation to warrant separate listing. Victoria's Position In 1992, the Victorian community-managed sector collectively decided that it was providing psychiatric disability support including psychosocial rehabilitation, rather than mental health services and this was reflected in the name change of its peak body. These were published in New Paradigm, September 1992 and have remained the cornerstone of service delivery and support for the community- managed sector. Support for mobility and choice of service options. Active participant involvement in services.