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To view PDF files, download a free copy of Adobe Reader To view PowerPoint presentations, download a free copy of the PowerPoint Reader	\| Book Reviews \| Recovery \| Self Help \| Empowerment \| Legal \| Trauma \| \| International \| Cross-Disability \| Managed Care \| Consumer/Survivor History Project \| Articles Cross Referenced by Author Articles in Other Languages All articles below should print without color or navigation menus BOOK REVIEWS Latest Reviews Voluntary Madness, by Norah Vincent - Review by Gayle Bluebird RECOVERY Pink Hats for Wendy (Direct link to pdf, 27 pages, 73KB) Helping Oregon Community Mental Health Administrators Transform their Mental Health System Meds Alone Couldn't Bring Robert Back - Newsweek article 2/6/2006 Believing you can recover is vital to recovery from mental illness Confessions of a non-compliant patient Healing and recovery are real The empowerment model of recovery: Finding our voice and having a say A New Vision of Recovery: People can fully recover from mental illness; it is not a life-long process Dan's healing and recovery tree Self-care and recovery How persons recovering and clinicians can promote self-managed care Someone who believed in them helped them to recover People can recover from mental illness A tale of two boys Healing from depression We've Been Misled by the Drug Industry Auf Deutsch Psychiatrist To Discuss Recovery - Hartford Courant article published 4/6/05 What Are the Characteristics of a Person Who has Recovered from Mental Illness? People can recover from mental illness Stepping Stone crisis respite program will offer compassionate alternative Recovery Stories Oryx Cohen Renee Kopache Will Hall A tale of two boys Empowerment Model of Recovery From Severe Mental Illness: An Expert Interview With Daniel B. Fisher, MD, PhD Catherine Penney discussed how she recovered from schizophrenia to become a psychiatric nurse Revisiting Schizophrenia: Are Drugs Always Needed? New York Times article, March 21, 2006 From Relief to Recovery (PDF - 432KB, 15 pages, published September, 2006) Voices of Transformation: Developing Recovery-Based Statewide Consumer/Survivor Organizations (PDF 2,856KB - 105 pages) Spreading Recovery to Portugal, N. Ireland and England Intentional Recovery Planning, Creating Space for the Unique Journey Introduction (Word Document, 52 KB, 4 pages) Intentional Recovery Planning Presentation - Alternatives 2006 PowerPoint (51 KB, 16 pages) PDF (58 KB, 16 pages) Living into Wholeness Handout Packet (PDF 7MB, 20 pages) An Inquiry about One Peer-Driven Curriculum to Train Peer Coaches: Reflecting on Power, Privilege and Supporting Each Other's Recovery PDF Document (145KB, 22 pages) PowerPoint Presentation (166KB, 22 pages) top of page SELF HELP The Value of Depression The Contribution of Self-Direction to Improving the Quality of Mental Health Services Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities to Start a Small Business - Key to My Dream (pdf) One woman's wish for "Depression Screening Day" and "Mental Health Awareness Month" Another Look at Depression (pdf) Depression & Emotional Distress Bibliography (pdf) Nurturing Oneself in Depression (pdf) 10 Ways to De-Stress Your Life Crisis Hostel: Alternative to psychiatric hospitalization Afraid of the dentist? Advance Directives are what you make them Making Advance Directives work for you Service dogs help people get back out into the community Moral Therapy Personal Care Attendant (PCA) services available to people with psychiatric disabilities Reclaiming your power during medication appointments with your psychiatrist Principles of a Recovery Model Including Medications (pdf) Stepping Stone crisis respite program will offer compassionate alternative Tardive Dyskinesia and Tardive Dystonia: where you can turn for help Hearing voices that are distressing: Self-help resources and strategies Spanish version Hearing voices that are distressing: Self-help resources and strategies (Part two) Warm Lines: An alternative to hospitalization EMPOWERMENT Wild Indians: Native Perspectives on the Hiawatha Asylum for Insane Indians by Pemima Yellow Bird (pdf, 792KB, 10 pages) In Our Own Voice - African-American Stories of Oppression, Survival and Recovery in Mental Health Systems by Vanessa Jackson (pdf, 381KB, 37 pages) Georgia consumer activists restore cemetery at Central State Hospital Citizenship rights & psychiatric disability The Courant Report: When physical restraints kill Deadly restraint: Reform or abolish? Mental We are more than our disorder Judi Chamberlin is 1995 Pike Prize recipient - Honors those who have given outstanding service to people with disabilities Rights are universal Self-determination and independence versus force and dependency MindFreedom International: advocating for human rights and alternatives in the "mental health" system. You and Me A Working Definition of Empowerment top of page LEGAL What is psychiatric malpractice? TRAUMA Anna's story: The effects of sexual abuse, the system's failure to respond and the emergence of a new, trauma-based paradigm Facts About Mental Health & Physical and Sexual Abuses Mental illness is a coping mechanism Coping with Tragedy INTERNATIONAL CONSUMER/SURVIVOR GROUPS Hope and Recovery in Australia Daniel Fisher on Hope and Recovery - A series of radio programs recorded May 2008, in Australia Transcript of ABC Radio National's Perspective program featuring Daniel Fisher, May 7, 2008 Recovering Humanity in South Korea: Nothing About Us Without Us Learning from Northern Europe Brazil's social movement to close mental asylums Consumer/survivors organize in Eastern Europe It's a small world after all: Self-help and mutual support groups in Israel On the road with Judi Chamberlin: Six countries in four weeks! What I did on my summer vacation, or, some thoughts on survivor activism worldwide Resonating in Japan Life Found in Translation - Magic Moment in Puerto Rico, Feb. 25, 2006 top of page CROSS-DISABILITY Preserve our rights and programs through cross-disability coalitions and education Listening to consumer/survivors from the deaf community First, they call us names MANAGED CARE Managed care is really managed financial risk Having a voice in managed care: Consumer/survivors can influence the system Self-Managed Care: The most cost effective managed care CONSUMER/SURVIVOR HISTORY PROJECT The Ex-Patients' Movement: Where We've Been and Where We're Going Recovery Through Recognition of the History of Consumers and Survivors (this page contains links to pages listed below) It's About Time: Discovering, Recovering and Celebrating Consumer/Survivor History Do we need a survivor history of madness? Peter Beresford on the need for a survivor-controlled museum of madness Slide Show: Massachusetts Consumers/Survivors/Ex-patients Campaign to Restore State Hospital Cemeteries top of page ARTICLES IN OTHER LANGUAGES German: 8/19/2001 New York Post article by Dr. Fisher (Translation of - A Look At . . . Coping With Mental Illness - We've Been Misled by the Drug Industry) Icelandic: Trúin á bata (Translation of - Believing you can recover is vital to recovery from mental illness) Játningar óhlýðins sjúklings (Translation of - Confessions of a non-compliant patient) Lækning og bati eru raunveruleg (Translation of - Healing and recovery are real) Lyfin ein gátu ekki komið með Robert aftur (Translation of - Meds Alone Couldn't Bring Robert Back) Við erum meira en veikindi okkar (Translation of - We are more than our disorder) Vegvísir að bata (PDF, 944KB, 30 pages) (Translation of - PACE - A Recovery Guide) (PDF 7395KB, 36 pages) Geðklofi: Eru lyf ávallt nauðsynleg? (Translation of - Revisiting Schizophrenia: Are Drugs Always Needed?) Að heyra erfiðar raddir_Sjálfshjálp (Translation of - Hearing voices that are distressing: Self-help resources and strategies) Japanese: PACE - A Recovery Guide (PDF, 4608KB, 29 pages) (Translation of - PACE - A Recovery Guide) (PDF 7395KB, 36 pages) Polish: We want to thank Pawel Tomaszewski for treanslating these articles into Polish ZOSTALIŚMY WPROWADZENI W BŁĄD PRZEZ PRZEMYSŁ FARMACEUTYCZNY (PDF, 47KB, 3 pages) (Translation of - We've Been Misled by the Drug Industry WYLECZENIE I WYZDROWIENIE JEST REALNE (PDF, 123KB, 2 pages) (Translation of - Healing and recovery are real) WIARA W WYZDROWIENIE Z CHOROBY PSYCHICZNEJ JEST PODSTAWĄ POWROTU DO ZDROWIA (PDF, xKBm X pages) (Translation of - Believing you can recover is vital to recovery from mental illness ROLA PRACY W POWROCIE DO ZDROWIA (PDF, 65KB, 1 page) (Translation of - Role of Work in Recovery WYKAŻ SIĘ AKTYWNOŚCIĄ PODCZAS WIZYTY U PSYCHIATRY Patricia Deegan, Ph.D. (PDF, 41KB, 3 pages) (Translation of - Reclaiming your power during medication appointments with your psychiatrist By Patricia Deegan, Ph.D. Można wyzdrowieć po chorobie psychicznej (PDF, 124KB, 4 pages) (Translation of - People can recover from mental illness) Spanish: Escuchando voces que deprimen: Recursos y Estrategias para ayudarse asi mismo (Translation of - Hearing voices that are distressing: Self-help resources and strategies) Guia para recobrar la vida (1681KB, 35 pages) (Translation of - PACE - A Recovery Guide) (PDF 7395KB, 36 pages) top of page
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