| BOOKS YOU SHOULD KNOW EXIST | |||||||||||
| We are sharing these books with you because we think they have something unique and/or important to offer. As always, please note that we are not necessarily stating agreement with all the material. | |||||||||||
| On our Own, Together (editor, Sally Clay)- Written by and for people who identify as consumers/survivors of the mental health system. Dante's Cure (Dr. Daniel Dorman)- Written by a psychiatrist who worked with a woman diagnosed with severe schizophrenia without medication and how they travelled the path to her recovery. Soteria: Through Madness to Deliverance (Loren Mosher)- About a residence where individuals diagnosed with schiophrenia were treated by non-traditional means. Wellness Recovery Action Plan and Peer Support (Mary Ellen Copeland and Shery Mead)- Addresses how the WRAP approach is enhanced by peer support. The Loneliness Workbook (Mary Ellen Copeland)- Addresses how to manage feelings of loneliness in the process of recovery and how to develop and maintain a support system. The Wellness Recovery Action Plan (Mary Ellen Copleland)- Lays out the principles of the WRAP system, an approach used by many individuals with a variety of physical and emotional symptoms as a way to monitor symptoms, decrease frequency, and improve overall quality of life. Trauma Informed Peer Support and Crisis Respite: A Training Manual (Shery Mead)- Details the training offered by Shery Mead to programs building peer staff programs. Navigating the Space Between Brilliance and Madness (The Icarus Project)- A compilation of materials from members of the Icarus Project (a consumer/survivor run group particularly for individuals labeled bipolar) including art, articles, journal entries, letters and more. Community Mental Health: A Practical Guide (Loren Mosher, Lorenzo Burti)- Offers a critical review of the mental health system as well as information and ideas about alternatives. Mad in America: Bad Science, Bad Medicine, and The Enduring Mistreatment of the Mentally Ill (Robert Whitaker)- A critical review of American psychiatry and treatment of individuals labeled mentally ill. |
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| Recovering Sanity (Dr. Edward M. Podvoll)- An exploration of the experience of psychosis and mental illness that challenges the idea that full recovery is not possible. Available through the Windhorse website. | |||||||||||
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