When the tech stocks peaked over a year ago, I booked a three-week tour of Copenhagen, Paris, and London. Although top on my vacation venue was to visit my son and his family in Copenhagen, I intended to also use my time abroad to visit and learn about their system of consumer-run agencies.
After all, as a consumer-director of a drop-in center here in the U.S., I was curious to learn about the way Europeans viewed mental health issues, what their approaches to treatment are and what we might learn from them that could apply to our own systems here in America.