Examines self help strategies for people with mental health problems. The first half of the book is a series of personal accounts from people living through mental distress; the second a series of articles on individual coping strategies, with reference to issues such as working with the media; voluntary self help organisations; black and minority ethnic users; crisis cards and advance directives; self management with hearing voices and manic depression; and using complementary remedies.
Examines self help strategies for people with mental health problems. The first half of the book is a series of personal accounts from people living through mental distress; the second a series of articles on individual coping strategies, with reference to issues such as working with the media; voluntary self help organisations; black and minority ethnic users; crisis cards and advance directives; self management with hearing voices and manic depression; and using complementary remedies.
Subject terms:
mass media, mental health problems, mental health services, self-help, self-help groups, service users, severe mental health problems, user participation, user views, advance decision, bipolar disorder, black and minority ethnic people, case studies, complementary therapies, coping behaviour, depression, group therapy;