Inventing Hope: Working with the Mentally Ill in Outdoor Adventure.

Sallans, Dennis

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ERIC Number: EJ569233

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Publication Date: 1998

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Inventing Hope: Working with the Mentally Ill in Outdoor Adventure.

Sallans, Dennis

Zip Lines: The Voice for Adventure Education, n34 p28-33 Win 1998

Describes Boundless Adventures, a Canadian outdoor adventure program that offers 5-day trips to clients with mental-health problems. Suggests that the trips inspire hope, but that follow-up is needed to convert that hope into real lifestyle changes. Sidebars present a poem entitled "Hope" and describe the Clarke Institute of Psychiatry and Boundless Adventures. (TD)

Descriptors: Camping, Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries, Mental Disorders, Mental Health Programs, Schizophrenia, Self Esteem, Therapeutic Recreation

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Canada

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