Defying Mental Illness

Thursday, November 24, 2011

Bibliography for Defying Mental Illness





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Council of State Governments Justice Center. (2002). Criminal Justice / Mental Health Consensus Project. New York: Author.

Council of State Governments Justice Center. (2011).http://www.justicecenter.csg.org/




Greek, M. (2010). How a Series of Hallucinations Tells a Symbolic Story. Schizophrenia Bulletin vol. 36 no. 6, pp. 1063-1065.


Greek, M. (2010) Schizophrenia Blueprint website http://www.schizophreniablueprint.com






Komarek, P. (2001). Working with People with Mental Illness in the Criminal Justice System. Columbus, OH: NAMI Ohio.

Komarek, P. (2004). You Are Not Alone: Mental Illness, Community Resources, Family Supports. Columbus, OH: NAMI Ohio.





Mental Health America. http://www.nmha.org/

NAMI: National Alliance on Mental Illness. http://www.nami.org/

National Prevention Council. (2011). National Prevention Strategy. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Surgeon General.


Network of Care. (2011). http://www.networkofcare.org


NYAPRS: Peer Bridger Project. (2010). Retrieved September 10, 2011, from http://www.nyaprs.org/peer-services/peer-bridger/






PTSD Overview — National Center for PTSD. (2011). Retrieved September 19, 2011, from http://www.ptsd.va.gov/public/pages/fslist-ptsd-overview.asp.


Resnick, P. (2010). Risk Assessment for Violence. Presentation materials August/September 2010, Cleveland, OH. 

Search Institute. (2011). What Kids Need: The Building Blocks for Children and Youth. Retrieved September 24, 2011, from http://www.search-institute.org/developmental-assets.





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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (2002). Report to Congress on the Prevention and Treatment of Co-Occurring Substance Abuse Disorders and Mental Disorders. Rockville, MD: Author

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (2003). Preventing Drug Use Among Children and Adolescents, A Research-Based Guide. Rockville, MD: Author.




Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Where to purchase DEFYING MENTAL ILLNESS

Defying Mental Illness is available now from a variety of online booksellers.
 
The e-book version is available on Smashwords at https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/91891

Smashwords publishes in a variety of ebook formats and distributes to Barnes & Noble, Apple, Sony, Kobo and other e-reader stores. You can download a pdf sample of the book from Smashwords.

The print version is available from Createspace at https://www.createspace.com/3697560
Createspace, associated with Amazon, also distributes titles to library and academic markets.

Amazon carries DEFYING MENTAL ILLNESS at this link:
http://www.amazon.com/Defying-Mental-Illness-Community-Resources/dp/1466382090

Amazon also has a Kindle Edition at this link
http://www.amazon.com/Defying-Mental-Illness-Community-ebook/dp/B005X00K5W

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Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Defying Mental Illness - Now available in print and e-book versions

A guidebook for recovery, Defying Mental Illness covers major mental health disorders and treatment, plus ways that people with symptoms and family members can collaborate and support each other.

The book offers a strengths-based planning approach to issues such as childhood mental illness, psychotherapy, medication, violence, suicide prevention, housing, disability benefits, and vocational rehabilitation.


Free Preview: Defying Mental Illness.