The Mental Health Empowerment Project, Inc. (MHEP) is a not-for-profit corporation organized in 1988 to develop and strengthen self help and mutual support activities throughout New York State. For over twenty years, MHEP has placed high value on helping people connect with their personal power and the collective power of self-help.
As people who have been given a psychiatric diagnosis, we share a deep under-standing of our common challenges and concerns as well as our own recovery strategies and successes. Personal experience puts the staff of MHEP in a unique position to mentor others on the benefits of peer support and on how to become more independent through active community membership.