The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Network (American Medical Association) · 2000 · 30 citations · 0 references
Social SciencesSociologyCommunity DevelopmentCommunity BuildingCommunity InvolvementSense Of CommunityAssistanceCommunity Support StructuresCommunity Support Systems
Personal Assistance in Community Existence (PACE) is the National Empowerment Center's new approach to assisting people to fully recover from mental illness at their own pace. PACE is based on the principles of the empowerment model of recovery: self-determination, being believed in, a belief in full recovery, trust, respect, and noncoercion. PACE is proposed as an alternative to PACT (Program in Assertive Community Treatment) whose emphasis on the medical model of coercion and lifetime illness interferes with recovery and prevents most consumer/survivors from seeking services.