Library Catalogue
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A Guide for People Living with a Mental Illness: Consumer Guide SANE Australia This guide covers three main sections . . . Looking after yourself is about having a positive attitude and making a balanced, healthy life for yourself. It’s about dealing with stress, ... |
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A Treatable Illness: Schizophrenia (an education kit) |
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About Psychosis: Essential Facts for clients and carers |
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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 ... |
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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 ... |
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Brain Lock: Free Yourself from Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior Jeffrey M. Schwartz; Beverly Beyette An estimated 5 million Americans suffer from obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and live diminished lives in which they are compelled to obsess about something or to repeat a similar task over and ... |
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Breaking The Patterns Of Depression Yapko, Michael D. Have you ever felt so depressed that you had trouble concentrating on your job, talking with your family, even getting out of bed? Twenty to thirty million Americans suffer from some ... |
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Broken open: How one man stared down his demons to recover from a mental breakdown Jameson, Neil; Hamilton, Craig In a remarkable memoir, ABC broadcaster Craig Hamilton tells what it is like to develop a mental illness in the public eye. He explores how his experience and diagnosis of bipolar ... |
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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. |
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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. |
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Dark Nights of the Soul: a Guide To Finding Your Way Through Life's Ordeals Moore, Thomas A ‘dark night of the soul’ is not a psychological syndrome, but a quest for meaning during life’s darkest hours: the loss of a loved one, the end of a relationship, ... |
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Eclipses: Behind the Borderline Personality Disorder Melissa F. Thornton Written in first-person by someone who truly knows Borderline Personality Disorder, this novel-that-reads-like-non-fiction is A MUST for those who wish to understand and help a loved one with this illness. The ... |
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Fairytales in reality: my victory over manic depression Orum, Margo. At thirty-one Margo Orum suffered a brief psychotic episode which was later diagnosed as bipolar disorder (manic depression). In the seven years that followed she endured six manic episodes and three ... |
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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 ... |
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GROW - The Program of Growth to Maturity GROW GROW's Program of Personal Growth, Group Method and Caring and Sharing Community have all been developed from the finding of former mental health sufferers in the course of rebuilding their lives ... |
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GROW News - Dec 07-Feb 08 (Vol 19, Number 4) The GROW Program The GROW Program began its development very early in GROW’s history and is still being developed and improved today. The collective wisdom of those early meetings was written ... |
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GROW News - Sept-Nov 2007 (Vol 19, Number 3) The GROW Program The GROW Program began its development very early in GROW’s history and is still being developed and improved today. The collective wisdom of those early meetings was written ... |
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GROW News Australia - Summer 2007 (Issue 1) The GROW Program The GROW Program began its development very early in GROW’s history and is still being developed and improved today. The collective wisdom of those early meetings was written ... |
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GROW News Australia - Summer 2007 (Issue 1) The GROW Program The GROW Program began its development very early in GROW’s history and is still being developed and improved today. The collective wisdom of those early meetings was written ... |
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Life on a roller-coaster: Living well with depression and manic depression Madeleine Kelly Life on a Roller-Coaster is an encouraging and empowering resource for anyone who lives with manic-depression, whether they're on the roller-coaster or watching from the ground. Madeleine Kelly developed manic depression ... |
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Living Outside Mental Illness: Qualitative Studies of Recovery in Schizophrenia (Qualitative Studies in Psychology Series) Larry Davidson <'Davidson's book leaves one with an image of the inside of schizophrenia as essentially mysterious but the possibilities of recovery as hopeful if uncertain.'—Journal of Mental Health 'I encourage you, whether ... |
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Living with Schizophrenia: A Holistic Approach to Understanding, Preventing and Recovering from Negative Symptoms John Watkins Negative symptoms of schizophrenia—affective flattening, alogia, avolition, and anhedonia—are often disabling and perplexing. These symptoms result from two sources. Primary negative symptoms are due to the neurobiological disorder that underlies schizophrenia. ... |
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Making Contact Satir, Virginia The path to better communication begins with learning about contact. You have eyes, ears, feelings, speech, thought, movement, actions through which you make contact with yourself and with others. Very often ... |
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Me, Myself, and Them: A Firsthand Account of One Young Person's Experience with Schizophrenia Snyder, Kurt As a child, Kurt Snyder was healthy and happy. He was a good student with a supportive and loving family, and he enjoyed playing sports with his friends. But things began ... |
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Readings for recovery Keogh, C.B. |
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Recovery paths: an anthology of personal journey of hope Recovery Paths provides a unique insight into individual experiences of recovery from mental illness. People experiencing bipolar mood disorder, schizophrenia, anxiety, depression and eating disorders share their paths for overcoming symptoms, ... |
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SANE News: Mind & Body - the importance of looking after our physical as well as mental health (Issue 43-Spring 207) SANE’s new ‘Mind and Body’ Initiative aims to draw attention to the physical health needs of people with a mental illness . . . and the mental health needs of people ... |
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Straight talking about mental illness with emphasis on Schizophrenia Robert Miller |
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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 ... |
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The Road Less Travelled M.Scott Peck By melding love, science and religion into a primer on personal growth, M. Scott Peck launched his highly successful writing and lecturing career with this book. Even to this day, Peck ... |
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The Road Less Travelled: A new psychology of love, traditional values and spiritual growth M.Scott Peck By melding love, science and religion into a primer on personal growth, M. Scott Peck launched his highly successful writing and lecturing career with this book. Even to this day, Peck ... |
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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 ... |
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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 ... |
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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 ... |