Library Catalogue

	25 years - 25 stories - 25 years of caring 1977-2002 This book tells the personal and moving stories of families who have been touched by mental illness. The stories are linked together by the historical milestone which illustrate the growth of ...
	25 years - 25 stories - 25 years of caring 1977-2002 This book tells the personal and moving stories of families who have been touched by mental illness. The stories are linked together by the historical milestone which illustrate the growth of ...
	25 years - 25 stories - 25 years of caring 1977-2002 This book tells the personal and moving stories of families who have been touched by mental illness. The stories are linked together by the historical milestone which illustrate the growth of ...
	A Balancing Act: Help and coping strategies for those who care for people with manic depression Help and coping strategies for those who care for people with bipolar disorder.
	A Balancing Act: Help and coping strategies for those who care for people with manic depression Help and coping strategies for those who care for people with bipolar disorder.
	A Balancing Act: Help and coping strategies for those who care for people with manic depression Help and coping strategies for those who care for people with bipolar disorder.
	A Family affair Talbott, John A; Gap
	After Suicide: Help for the Bereaved Clark, Dr. Sheila This is an extremely valuable book which will be of great support and assistance to those who are bereaved through the tragedy of suicide. It shows practical commonsense and careful guidelines ...
	ARCVic Newsletter Vol 12, No 1, February 2007 ARCVic's Newsletter is a quarterly publication produced for our members and supporters. The purpose of the Newsletter is to enable a sharing of information between people with anxiety disorders, carers, clinicians ...
	ARCVic Newsletter Vol 12, No 2, September 2007 ARCVic's Newsletter is a quarterly publication produced for our members and supporters. The purpose of the Newsletter is to enable a sharing of information between people with anxiety disorders, carers, clinicians ...
	Carer retreats: providing respite, support, education and information for carers of a person with mental illness Meiers, Kerry
	Carer Survival Kit: For families and friends of people living with mental illness Ward, Liz; Colegrove, Vivienne; Neil, Catherine
	Carers in Victoria - Autumn 2007 Carers in Victoria is the quarterly newsletter of Carers Victoria. It contains information on current issues, services and activities of interest to carers, as well as a selection of carers stories. ...
	Carers in Victoria - Spring 2007 Carers in Victoria is the quarterly newsletter of Carers Victoria. It contains information on current issues, services and activities of interest to carers, as well as a selection of carers stories. ...
	Caring for Depressed Elderly: A film providing hope for families scarred by depression This film shows three generations of love, pain and courage, providing hope for all families that have been scarred by depressive illness.
	Challenges and triumphs: a mosiac of meanings Alliston, Chris A collection of stories, poems, photographs and other artworks by consumers and carers, outlining the experience of mental distress, illness, recovery and survival.
	Challenges and triumphs: a mosiac of meanings Alliston, Chris A collection of stories, poems, photographs and other artworks by consumers and carers, outlining the experience of mental distress, illness, recovery and survival.
	Concern - Mental Health Carers: ARAFMI WA - Spring 2007 (Vol 12, Issue 3) A quarterly magazine full of updates about Arafmi and activities within the mental health sector. www.arafmi.asn.au
	Coping with an Anxious or Depressed Child Cartwright-Hatton, Sam
	Coping with Mental Health Problems: A handbook for family carers ARAFMI Qld Includes CD ROM
	Coping with Mental Health Problems: A handbook for family carers ARAFMI Qld
	Depression and Its Treatment John H. Greist; Jefferson, James W This book aims to answer common questions about depression and available treatment techniques for people being treated for depression, those considering treatment, families, friends and practitioners.
	Depression and Its Treatment John H. Greist; Jefferson, James W This book aims to answer common questions about depression and available treatment techniques for people being treated for depression, those considering treatment, families, friends and practitioners.
	Dual Diagnosis:Mental Illness & Substance Use ARAFMI Qld A handbook for families and friends of people who have a mental health problem and a substance use disorder. The book provides information and explores possible strategies for coping. Includes a ...
	Families As Partners in Mental Health Care: A Guide to Implementing Family Work Diane Froggatt; Gráinne Fadden; Dale L. Johnson; Margaret Leggatt; Radha Shankar Families as Partners in Mental Health Care is a practical guidebook for implementing family support. The aim of this book is to inform and motivate more people and more mental health ...
	Families of the Mentally Ill: Coping and Adaptation Agnes B. Hatfield; Harriet Lefley With current trends toward family care of individuals with major mental illness, it is now generally accepted that families need a firm knowledge base and a wide range of skills in ...
	Families, Carers and Professionals:Building Constructive Conversations Smith, Grainne
	Family Caregivers: Disability, Illness and Ageing Schofield, Hilary Between 1992 and 1996, the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation funded a survey of 26,000 households about family caregiving. Almost 1000 cases were interviewed intensively. The result is Family Caregivers, the most ...
	Family Caregiving in Mental Illness (Family Caregiver Applications series) Harriet P. Lefley With the trend of deinstitutionalization, family members are finding themselves increasingly in the position of primary caregivers to mentally ill adults - a role for which they are often untrained and ...
	Fight your dark shadow: managing depression with cognitive behaviour therapy Reosenvald, Therrie www.depressionmanaged.com Depression is fast becoming the number one mental health problem of the 21st century and the majority of people will experience some form of depression at some stage in their ...
	Grieving Mental Illness: A Guide for Patients and Their Caregivers Virginia Lafond A self-help manual for anyone who has endured the effects of mental illness, whether as a sufferer, friend, family member or caregiver. It offers detailed guidelines to help readers come to ...
	Grieving Mental Illness: A Guide for Patients and Their Caregivers Virginia Lafond
	Grieving Mental Illness: A Guide for Patients and Their Caregivers Virginia Lafond A self-help manual for anyone who has endured the effects of mental illness, whether as a sufferer, friend, family member or caregiver. It offers detailed guidelines to help readers come to ...
	Grieving Mental Illness: A Guide for Patients and Their Caregivers Virginia Lafond A self-help manual for anyone who has endured the effects of mental illness, whether as a sufferer, friend, family member or caregiver. It offers detailed guidelines to help readers come to ...
	Growing and Caring: Culture in Poetry
	Hearing our voices: stories from carers of people with a mental illness Payne, Toni A collection of ten moving and hopeful stories from carers of people with mental illness. This book contains a number of different perspectives on caring: those of parent carers, siblings, spouses ...
	How to cope with mental illness in your family Diane T. Marsh; Rex M. Dickens How to Cope with Mental Illness in Your Family explores the nature of illnesses such as schizophrenia, major depression, and manic depression, while providing the tools to overcome the devastating effects ...
	How to Live With a Mentally Ill Person: A Handbook of Day-To-Day Strategies Christine A. Adamec; Christine Adamec If you think you are the only person who ever felt you could not bear another minute of caring for a mentally ill person, and wondered why this terribly unfair thing ...
	How to Live With a Mentally Ill Person: A Handbook of Day-To-Day Strategies Christine A. Adamec; Christine Adamec If you think you are the only person who ever felt you could not bear another minute of caring for a mentally ill person, and wondered why this terribly unfair thing ...
	I am not sick I don't need help:how to help someone with mental illness to accept treatment Xavier Amador
	I am not sick I don't need help:how to help someone with mental illness to accept treatment Xavier Amador
	I Hate You, Don't Leave Me Jerold J. Kreisman AM I LOSING MY MIND? People with Borderline Personality Disorder experience such violent and frightening mood swings that they often fear for their sanity. They can be euphoric one moment, despairing ...
	If Your Adolescent Has Depression or Bipolar Disorder: An essential resource for parents Evans, Dwight
	Information for family members, friends and others about the carer experience Contole, Julie,
	Information for family members, friends and others about the carer experience Contole, Julie,
	Information on Eating Disorders for Health Practitioners Howell, Peter L Publication of the Anorexia and Bulimia Nervosa Foundation of Victoria
	Jewel in the crown; a history of carers Victoria : celebrating 10 years, 1992-2002 O'Shea, Maggie.
	Just care for us: Supporting Young Carers This DVD highlights the experience of five young carers who talk about how their caring responsibilities affected their: Ø Schooling and education Ø Health and wellbeing Ø Leisure and fun Ø ...
	Life: a survival kit - sometimes it's hard to keep life in balance. A collection of information pamphlets when your own, or someone else's life is out of balance. Topis covered include: Depression: How to cope with it Sleep Moodswings and mental health What ...
	Living with Mental Illness (Human Horizons) Liz Kuipers; Paul Bebbington A practical book that has established itself as an essential guide for relatives and friends of people with a mental health problem. Written by a psychiatrist and a clinical psychologist, it ...
	Living with Mental Illness (Human Horizons) Liz Kuipers; Paul Bebbington A practical book that has established itself as an essential guide for relatives and friends of people with a mental health problem. Written by a psychiatrist and a clinical psychologist, it ...
	Mad House: Growing up in the Shadows of Mentally Ill Siblings Simon, Clea In classic books such as Girl, Interrupted and When Rabbit Howls, the mentally ill depict their own harrowing worlds. In Mad House we have an account of the devastating effects of ...
	Men and Depression: What to Do When the Man You Care About is Depressed Theresa Francis-Cheung; Grey, Robin Depression in men tends to manifest in different ways to women. It is also often considered to be shameful and unmanly. As a result it goes largely unrecognized and unacknowledged by ...
	Mental Illness: The role of the relative Proceedings of a seminar held at Red Cross House on 24th September 1976 organised by ARAMI (NSW) and NSW Association for Mental Health.
	My Parents' Keeper: Adult Children of the Emotionally Disturbed Eva M. Brown This book is written for and about the many people who grew up with a parent with severe emotional problems. The book is organized in such a way that the initial ...
	New Hope for People with Borderline Personality Disorder: Your Friendly, Authoritative Guide to the Latest in Traditional and Complementary Solutions Neil R. Bockian; Nora Elizabeth Villagran; Valerie Porr Discover Exciting New Treatments for Borderline Personality Disorder. Now you can overcome the symptoms of borderline personality disorder (BPD) and develop a more positive outlook on life. Inside is a compassionate ...
	Partnership or pretence: a handbook of empowerment and self advocacy for consumers of psychiatric services and those who provide or plan those services : a personal contribution to the development of the psychiatric consumer movement in Australia Meagher, Janet.
	Psychiatric First Aid: A handbook for nurses, support workers, carers and people distressed by psychotic experiences Smith, Mike; Coleman, Ron; Good, John This book aims to offer short-term coping strategies for people who are distressed. It does not aim to offer a cure but aims to deal with the immediately distressing complaints that ...
	Schizophrenia: Informational Booklet on Schizophrenia for patients, families & others Bloch Thorsen, Gerd-Ragna
	Sharing the Load: What to do when someone you love is depressed GWENDOLINE SMITH Depression is a common disorder, still surrounded by ignorance, fear and prejudice. About one in ten people suffer it to some significant degree at least once in their lifetime. The risk ...
	SIC: issues facing young carers - Cantole, J SIC is a resource - a booklet and a CD - about the issues facing young carers in families where someone has a mental illness. These young people's caring responsibilities affect ...
	Sometimes I Act Crazy: Living with Borderline Personality Disorder Jerold J. Kreisman; Hal Straus A source of hope, expert advice, and guidance for people with borderline personality disorder and those who love them Do you experience frightening, often violent mood swings that make you fear ...
	Stop Walking on Eggshells: Taking Your Life Back When Someone You Care about Has Borderline Personality Disorder Paul T. Mason; Randi Kreger Stop Walking on Eggshells: Coping When Someone You Care About Has Borderline Personality Disorder is a self-help guide that helps the family members and friends of individuals with borderline personality disorder ...
	Stop Walking on Eggshells: Taking Your Life Back When Someone You Care about Has Borderline Personality Disorder Paul T. Mason; Randi Kreger Stop Walking on Eggshells: Coping When Someone You Care About Has Borderline Personality Disorder is a self-help guide that helps the family members and friends of individuals with borderline personality disorder ...
	Straight talking about mental illness with emphasis on Schizophrenia Robert Miller
	Survival Strategies For Parenting Children With Bipolar Disorder (Higher Education Policy) George T. Lynn; George T Lynn Up until five years ago, the professional community did not think that Bipolar Disorder occurred in children. Children with symptoms of Bipolar Disorder were diagnosed as 'severe ADHD', 'depressed' or 'Oppositional ...
	Surviving Schizophrenia: A Manual for Families, Consumers, and Providers (4th Edition) E. Fuller Torrey Since its first publication nearly twenty years ago, 'Surviving Schizophrenia' has become the standard reference book on the disease, helping thousands of patients, families, and mental health professionals to better deal ...
	Surviving still ten years on: the experience of mental illness by family members Shields, Ethnee P
	Taking care of yourself and your family: a resource book for good mental health Ashfield, John This book is also available for download at http://www.mnrhs.sa.gov.au/TakingCareofYourFamilyBook.pdf From the foreward: It is wonderful to see someone with the initiative, determination, skill and knowledge to put together this relevant and ...
	The best of times, the worst of times: Our families journey with Bipolar Rowe, Jessica; Rowe, Penelope An honest and inspiring personal account of living with bi-polar disorder. Penelope Rowe was not diagnosed with bipolar disorder until her early thirties. Her daughter Jessica lived with her mother's illness ...
	The Bipolar Child: The Definitive and Reassuring Guide to Childhood's Most Misunderstood Disorder Demitri Papolos; Janice Papolos From the authors of the classic text Overcoming Depression, here is the first book about early-onset bipolar disorder. Bipolar disorder--manic depression--was once thought to be rare in children. Now researchers are ...
	The Bipolar Disorder Survival Guide: What You and Your Family Need to Know David J. Miklowitz Thanks to sharper diagnosis and better medicine, the future is brighter for people with bipolar disorder than in past generations. But if you or someone you love is struggling with the ...
	The Carer's Handbook Louise Gilmore
	The Caring Family: Living With Chronic Mental Illness Kayla F. Bernheim; Richard R. J. Lewine; Caroline T. Beale
	The Complete Family Guide to Schizophrenia: Helping Your Loved One Get the Most Out of Life Kim T. Mueser; Susan Gingerich Do people with schizophrenia ever get better? With the vast majority of those with the disorder dependent on their families for care, close relatives often grapple with that question. 'The Complete ...
	The f word: consumer perspectives on family involvement in mental health care 'The F word' explores the perspectives and personal experiences of four consumer advocates of family involvement in treatment. In a group and in one-on-one interviews, they speak of the benefits and ...
	The family face of schizophrenia :practical counsel from America's leading experts Patricia Backlar
	The family face of schizophrenia :practical counsel from America's leading experts Patricia Backlar
	The family face of schizophrenia :practical counsel from America's leading experts Patricia Backlar
	The Illustrated mum Jacqueline Wilson Anything written by Jacqueline Wilson is a pleasure to read. Her unique talent for dealing with difficult subjects without a trace of sentimentality, without patronising either the reader or her characters, ...
	The SANE guide for families: Caring for someone affected by mental illness SANE Australia
	The SANE guide for families: Caring for someone affected by mental illness SANE Australia
	The Skipping Stone: The Rippling Effect of Mental Illness in the Family Mona Wasow Reporting on experiences within the immediate and extended families with severe mental illness, The Skipping Stone: Ripple Effects of Mental Illness on the Family is the first book that includes information ...
	The Skipping Stone: The Rippling Effect of Mental Illness in the Family Mona Wasow Reporting on experiences within the immediate and extended families with severe mental illness, The Skipping Stone: Ripple Effects of Mental Illness on the Family is the first book that includes information ...
	The Southern Carer (Spring 2007) A newsletter for carers published by the Commonwealth Carer Respite Centre Southern Metropolitan Region (CCRCSMR). Telephone: 1800 059 059 CareLine 24 hours.
	Thinking Ahead: For parents of children with a decision making disability Phillips, Robert, Some children are unable to make day-to-day decisions for themselves as a result of an intellectual disability, a mental illness or acquired brain damage. This booklet provides legal information for parents ...
	Time for You: respite services for carers in the area of Mental Health Presented by Julie McCrossin. Being a carer of a family member or friend who has a mental illness can be all consuming. If life is structures around the illness then two ...
	Too blue: a book about depression Phillips, Neil. The World Health Organisation says that depression will be one of the major causes of death and suffering in the twenty first century. Depression is common, troublesome, painful and dangerous. It ...
	Understanding and coping with schizophrenia Alexander, Ken
	What Every Patient, Family, Friend, and Caregiver Needs to Know About Psychiatry Richard W. Roukema Layperson's guide filled with essential, comprehensive information on the gamut of adult psychiatric disorders. Aimed at patients, and caregivers: family, friends, and professionals.
	When Madness Comes Home Secunda, Victoria Addresses the problems that family members suffer when they live with a close relative who suffers from some form of identifiable psychiatric disorder: stigma, fear, shame, guilt, denial, alienation. Based upon ...
	When Someone You Love Has a Mental Illness: A Handbook for Family, Friends and Caregivers Rebecca Woolis
	Wish upon a Star: A Story for Children With a Parent Who Is Mentally Ill Pamela L. Laskin; Addie Alexander Moskowitz A little girl tries to adjust to her mother's mental illness. Aimed at ages 5-7.
	Working to Recovery: Victim to Victor 3 Coleman, Ron; Baker, Paul; Taylor, Karen Book three in the 'Victim to Victor' series on recovery. This is a practical workbook to guide people through the elements of the recovery process.This book is intended to be a ...
	Working with Families of the Mentally Ill Anthony F. Lehman; Kayla F. Bernheim
	Working with Self harm: Victim to Victor 2 Coleman, Ron; Smith, Mike Book two in the ‘Victim to Victor’ series on recovery. It is written for the self-harmer, the professional trying to gain better understanding and the friend trying to help someone to ...
	Working with Voices: Victim to Victor 1 Coleman, Ron; Smith, Mike Book one in the ‘victim to victor’ series. This book is a great achievement in developing a change in attitude and approach towards hearing voices. The book is for voice hearers ...
	Wounded Healers: Mental Health Workers' Experiences of Depression Rippere, Vicky (ed) Wounded Healers Mental Health Workers' Experiences of Depression Edited by Vicky Rippere and Ruth Williams From published reviews: '.... The spontaneity and frankness of most of the contributions, together with the ...
	Young people talk on mental illness in the family
	Young people talk on mental illness in the family
	Young people talk on mental illness in the family