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NEW Carers Expert- By Experience sister site This site will be where you will find carers stories. It is new at the moment and will be added to shortly
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Recovery Thoughts & Stories http://www.scottishrecovery.net/content/default.asp?page=s5_5 |
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Recovery: Definition & Components Since the mid-1980s, a great deal has been written about mental health recovery from the perspective of the consumer (client), family member and mental health professional. The amount of research of various aspects of recovery continues to grow. Early research by Courtney Harding (1987) and others challenged the belief that severe mental illness is chronic and that stability is the best one could hope for. They discovered there are multiple outcomes associated with severe mental illness and that many people did progress beyond a state of mere stability. As such, the concept of recovery began to obtain legitimacy (Sullivan 1997). See: www.mhrecovery.com |
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NEW 'The world was spinning the wrong way around' "I hope that hearing my story will help people understand what it's like to live with mental health problems," concludes Nicola. "And understand that we're beautiful people too." http://www.cambridg e-news.co. uk/cn_news_ features/ DisplayArticle. asp?ID=361056 |
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A tale to raise the eyebrows:
That Scally has written one
of the few books ever written from the perspective of someone living with
his illness is remarkable enough. That he has made it both moving and, at
times, grittily amusing makes it unique. "That's something about the book
that makes it different - a paranoid schizophrenic with a sense of humour,"
he says. "It doesn't sit well. It takes people out of their comfort zone."
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk:80/entertainment/arts/s/1062160_a_tale_to_raise_the_eyebrows Eyebrows And Other Fish, by Anthony Scally, is published by Chipmunka. Click here http://www.amazon.co.uk/Eyebrows-Other-Fish-Scally/dp/1847474853/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1218529177&sr=8-1/manchesteronline |
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NEW Understanding Psychotic Experience and Working Towards Recovery By Rufus May, Bradford District Community Trust This paper will describe the process of making sense of psychotic experiences and promoting recovery for people who are receiving psychiatric treatment. www.brad.ac.uk/acad/health/research/cccmh/files/UnderstandingPsychoticExperience.doc |
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NEW Survivors Timeline The survivors history group has created an evolving timeline of the UK survivor/user movement. It can be viewed online at: http://studymore.org.uk/mpu.htm#Manchester2008 |
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NEW But now I look back on it with a real sense of achievement. It was a 24-carat crack-up and I’m proud of the fact I got through it, rebuilt myself, did ok as a journalist again, and went on to do what I do now. I couldn’t have done what I’ve done in this job without believing what I believe very strongly, and being tough-minded, focussed, mentally and physically fit. I feel the breakdown and the recovery played a big part in all that. Alastair Campbell, the prime minister’s director of communications and strategy in Sunday Times Magazine, Sunday 6th January 2002 Campbell had a psychotic break down whilst working as a journalist. After returning to journalism, he later acted as UK Prime Minister Tony Blair's communications/press guy. The review, entitled "DISCOVERING HOPE FOR RECOVERY FROM A BRITISH PERSPECTIVE: A review of a sample of recovery literature, implications for practice and systems change", is here: http://www.critpsynet.freeuk.com/LITERATUREREVIEWFinal.htm
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NEW Recovery Devon This site contains lots of information on many aspects of Recovery. Although the items are mainly for the mentalhealth sector, lots of the information can also be used in the physical health sector. http://www.recoverydevon.co.uk/
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Social Perspectives Network recently produced a
booklet entitled "Whose Recovery is it Anyway?"
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Hope:One thing which people who support someone who is so affected by their distress could gain hope from is to read Pat Deegan's speech Recovery and the Conspiracy of Hope where she describes her own experience and also how to move beyond it. I include a couple of quotes but suggest you read the whole thing if you can - it is very long but remember it was a speech. It is available online at http://www.namiscc.org/newsletters/February02/PatDeegan.htm |
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Recovery The 2002 "Kia Mauri Tau!" Narratives of Recovery from Disabling Mental Health Problems http://www.mhc.govt.nz/publications/2002/Kia_Mauri_Tau.pdf |
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A Vision For A Recovery Model
In Irish Mental Health Services Discussion
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Most People with Schizophrenia Get Better ? http://www.nami.org/Content/Microsites124/NAMI_PA,_Main_Line/Home115/Selected_Speaker_Meeting_Summaries1/JudithCarringtonOct2003.doc |
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Willy's updated ADHD/childhood bipolar recovery story Yahoo 360 blog at http://360.yahoo.com/allen_dar |
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Recovery Many individuals diagnosed with mental illnesses or thought and mood disorders like Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder (manic depression) and Depression, are living successfully in their communities. While their diagnosis has inevitably hit their lives like a lightening bolt, they have recovered, or gotten their lives back, despite the obstacles. http://www.dcf.state.fl.us/mentalhealth/mhtransform/reflections.shtml |
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How I tamed the voices in my head When Eleanor Longden began hearing things, she soon found herself drugged, sectioned and labelled schizophrenic. Then a psychiatrist taught her how to talk back http://news.independent.co.uk:80/uk/health_medical/article2332764.ece
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