tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26095267315671122412024-03-13T17:58:50.747-04:00Church Basement PressPublisher of DEFYING MENTAL ILLNESS. Church Basement Press publishes books that support the work of faith-based and community organizations and help people make progress in their lives.Paul Komarekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02293455617305598680noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2609526731567112241.post-14924981476277337632015-02-26T02:04:00.001-05:002015-02-26T02:04:31.852-05:00Fighting heroin with hope<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FhYZ_AnOMnw" width="560"></iframe>Paul Komarekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02293455617305598680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2609526731567112241.post-59508326367053764962014-09-25T14:33:00.001-04:002014-09-25T14:47:41.487-04:00SHARP Stop Heroin and Rescue People, the first coherent approach to the heroin epidemic<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Mov6eBmuVvo/VCRe1DL2uFI/AAAAAAAACGw/Gsi78-5Hik0/s1600/SHARP%2BCOVER%2B434.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Mov6eBmuVvo/VCRe1DL2uFI/AAAAAAAACGw/Gsi78-5Hik0/s1600/SHARP%2BCOVER%2B434.jpg" height="320" width="200" /></a>The newest Church Basement Press book is <i style="font-weight: bold;">SHARP: Stop Heroin and Rescue People.</i><br />
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Like my first book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Defying-Mental-Illness-2014-Community/dp/1494786443/" target="_blank">Defying Mental Illness</a>, it is available in <a href="http://www.amazon.com/SHARP-Stop-Heroin-Rescue-People/dp/1501003496/" target="_blank">print and Kindle on Amazon</a>, and in <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/472402" target="_blank">every other ebook format</a>.<br />
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People are telling me that this new book will save lives. I have been working with community groups across the Ohio River in Northern Kentucky this past year and a half. I have been struck by how poorly served people are. I am appalled by the connection between disconnected and indifferent treatment systems and opiate poisoning deaths.<br />
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I do know what effective systems look like. I served as executive director for a local outpatient addiction treatment center. I do mental health and addiction accreditation and licensing work. I am familiar with the whole range of mutual support programs. My father could never stop drinking. AA never helped him, and he died from alcoholic dementia a few years back. I have had a mental health recovery myself, and worked on improving outcomes for people with co-occurring disorders at a systems level with local officials and treatment system CEOs a decade ago. We couldn’t solve the whole problem – no wonder families with heroin issues can’t solve these issues today.<br />
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People who use heroin are traumatized. They become (if they were not at the start of drug use) the “dually diagnosed” – indifferent to their fate, and primed for suicide. They need rescue, not shunning. They are stunned and shaky, and have consequences piling up around them, and have cheap relief in the syringe in their hand. Unfortunately, our public systems are not addressing this level of risk. Appointments in the future and punishment systems just add to desperation.<br />
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<b><i>SHARP Stop Heroin and Rescue People</i></b> is the first coherent response to heroin. It addresses heroin addiction as an epidemic. My approach is “systematic rescue,” – all the tools of the medical system, plus social support. An eight-step process manages the population’s risk and takes the person through recovery. The role of communities is to align with the medical system and produce an infrastructure supporting each step. At least then there is a certain path to addressing fatal risk, one that gets people safely through treatment to sober living and long term recovery.<br />
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The book is available now in <a href="http://www.amazon.com/SHARP-Stop-Heroin-Rescue-People/dp/1501003496/" target="_blank"><b>print</b> </a>and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/SHARP-Stop-Heroin-Rescue-People-ebook/dp/B00NE4A8GA/" target="_blank"><b>kindle </b></a>versions on Amazon. If you are an ebook person with a Nook or Apple or Kobo or tablet e-reader, you can download a copy at <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/472402" target="_blank"><b>Smashwords</b></a>. My community planning platform around heroin recovery is also on the SHARP Stop Heroin website <a href="http://www.sharpstopheroin.com/"><b>http://www.SharpStopHeroin.com</b></a>.<br />
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The SHARP approach is positive, delivering recovery while systematically addressing risk. This is a public policy and personal recovery framework, not some prayer. We are starting to use this tool to do community work around local recovery infrastructures. We have been confronting Kentucky officials over choices they have made around medication assisted treatment and Medicaid, because without medication assisted treatment the infrastructure in communities is incomplete. When people can visualize a complete system, it is possible to address accountability.<br />
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I am looking for people who would like to apply this framework in their own communities. Please contact me via email -- komarek(at)humanintervention.net.<br />
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Paul Komarekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02293455617305598680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2609526731567112241.post-23444402115269263752014-04-17T14:53:00.002-04:002014-04-17T14:59:10.825-04:00Let's take recovery everywhere<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Violence, mental illness, suicide and addiction are problems throughout the population.<br />
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These issues lurk behind every failure rate in our society, and behind our most shocking tragedies.<br />
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Every month, over 3,000 Americans die by suicide. Heroin has become a leading cause of death in America. And we know how we are failing our military heroes.<br />
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Existing treatment systems do not reach everyone. They are designed to be expensive, with professional care that can reach just one person at a time, even when systems are working at their best. <br />
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Even worse, we have disabled every other medical system. Our major hospitals are on the sidelines of modern addiction and mental health care. Neighborhood clinics can't find an economic model that works. We have drugstore clinics, but they do not do mental health or addiction outreach. That is blind-spot thinking, half a step past shunning and exclusion.<br />
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Let’s make a different sort of commitment to addressing our most persistent problems. Let's give up shunning and exclusion. Instead, let’s activate everyone. <br />
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Let's put every tool of recovery everywhere, starting with nonclinical support for families and people who want to live healthy lives. Everyone can have a role to play.<br />
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All we need to get started are a few examples of people, leaders in civil society willing to step forward, willing to put aside their customary denials and defensive thinking, and willing to find opportunities to help each other. <br />
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There is a place in our society for nonclinical support and outreach work. Friends and family members are actually doing this now, in every neighborhood across America. We just need these efforts to go public. Churches, businesses, community groups, neighborhood clinics, veteran's organizations, schools, colleges, and fitness centers can get many more people started.<br />
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What if every group that uses volunteers spent an hour a year on mental health support training?<br />
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Everyone can learn to ask a few questions and help a friend. <br />
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Until Alcoholics Anonymous was invented in the early 1930s, the world had no solutions for addiction. Today there are 66,000 nonclinical addiction recovery groups meeting in church basements, libraries, and community centers across America. Volunteers help people start their recovery, and help people stay sober, no matter how much damage a person has sustained over the course of his addiction. AA made addiction approachable.<br />
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There's a way to do the same for mental health, and suicide prevention, and violence prevention. It's time to shatter the myths that disempower people, and turn worried bystanders into allies. We can help people talk through what they are facing, and support our friends, and help keep everyone safe.<br />
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Everyone can pitch in. <br />
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Let's get started.<br />
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Photo of Paul Komarek, training developmental disability and mental health workers. Paul Komarekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02293455617305598680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2609526731567112241.post-84122098190815433732014-03-06T13:42:00.001-05:002014-03-06T13:47:32.846-05:00Support your local innovatorPaul Komarek's project Mental Health Recovery Everywhere is a finalist in the Scattergood Foundation's 2014 Design Innovation Challenge. Please support this effort with your comments on the Scattergood foundation website and your Facebook Likes.<br />
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Mental Health Recovery Everywhere is an informal, nonclinical, social
support network for people with mental illness or emotional distress. It
serves the same function as AA for sober recovery, a social and
nonclinical support experience with a book that supports deeper work,
but it is strength-based, and not 12-step.
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<a href="http://www.scattergoodfoundation.org/design-challenge/2014/mental-health-recovery-everywhere" target="_blank">Show your support here</a>. <br />
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Thank you for taking the time to review the challenge, and for supporting the work.Paul Komarekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02293455617305598680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2609526731567112241.post-57446159894959434582014-01-29T10:53:00.000-05:002014-01-29T11:21:23.689-05:00Defying Mental Illness 2014 Edition now available<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vSf54Pnavy8/UukqckJwolI/AAAAAAAABmM/J1mDRLZfDpU/s1600/defying+mental+illness+cover+2014a+900.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vSf54Pnavy8/UukqckJwolI/AAAAAAAABmM/J1mDRLZfDpU/s1600/defying+mental+illness+cover+2014a+900.jpg" height="320" width="194" /></a><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Defying-Mental-Illness-2014-Edition/dp/1494786443/" target="_blank">Defying Mental Illness 2014 edition</a> is now available in print and in all ebook formats, with special ebook pricing. A complete 350-page mental health recovery reference, formatted for smartphones and tablets.<br />
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It is a substantial update. Finally, there is a way to talk about and work through mental health issues using nonclinical terms. Churches and communities can use the tools of Defying Mental Illness to support people with mental health issues, and help people make progress in their lives.<br />
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Human development and social learning have emerged as key themes in the 2014 edition of Defying Mental Illness. Also in this edition:<br />
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<li>Additional emphasis on trauma and its effects</li>
<li>Revised chapters on suicide prevention, violence, and crisis response</li>
<li>The Safe Zone System, a method for balancing safety with a person's need to extend their range and build capacity.</li>
<li>New material on informed consent and person-centered strength-based care</li>
<li>New material relating to disability through the lifespan</li>
<li>New material on addiction, addiction treatment, and addiction recovery programs</li>
<li>Nonclinical resources for addressing destructive thought patterns, and for discovering a person's key strengths</li>
<li>Brief comments about the transition currently underway in the U.S. healthcare system</li>
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The Defying Mental Illness website at<a href="http://www.defyingmentalillness.net/" target="_blank"> http://www.DefyingMentalIllness.net </a>includes helpful videos, downloadable worksheets, and links to additional resources.<br />
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<a href="http://www.redesigningmentalillness.net/2014/01/five-new-rules-for-mental-health.html" target="_blank">Learn more about the thinking behind Defying Mental Illness 2014.</a><br />
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Where to purchase<br />
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<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Defying-Mental-Illness-2014-Edition/dp/1494786443/" target="_blank">Amazon - print edition</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Defying-Mental-Illness-2014-Community-ebook/dp/B00HHEWYMY/" target="_blank">Kindle - on Amazon</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/91891" target="_blank">Nook Apple, Sony, PDF</a></li>
<li><a href="https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=A2pvAgAAQBAJ" target="_blank">Google Play</a></li>
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Paul Komarekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02293455617305598680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2609526731567112241.post-38278200104974774262013-04-30T13:44:00.001-04:002013-04-30T13:53:27.555-04:00For the first time, mental health recovery books for Texas prisoners <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We are pleased to announce a new relationship with <a href="http://www.texasprisonbookstore.com/defying_mental_illness.htm" target="_blank">Texas Prison Bookstore.</a><br />
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Our readers are aware of the criminalization of people with mental illness. Poverty, trauma, substance abuse, mental illness, and school failure work together to create the notorious "school to prison pipeline."<br />
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What can we do to help people rebuild their lives?<br />
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Stress and trauma reduce a person’s “executive functioning” – the type of cognitive capacity that lets us figure out what to do when the path is unclear – as well as “social connectedness” and capacity for emotional self-regulation. The challenge of recovery and re-entry involves restoring these capacities.<br />
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<i>Defying Mental Illness </i>delivers information about what people are facing, plus tools and strategies to help people make progress in their lives. <br />
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We want to make our books available to people in correctional facilities across the US. If you know of a book distributor that serves this population, please send an email to: <br />
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paul.komarek (at) humanintervention.netPaul Komarekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02293455617305598680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2609526731567112241.post-11666029211615386772013-03-11T12:49:00.001-04:002013-03-11T12:49:32.209-04:00Defying Mental Illness authors are bloggers tooOver the course of the past year we have been blogging pretty steadily.<br />
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Our blog <a href="http://redesigningmentalillness.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Redesigning Mental Illness</a> is our shot at social innovation. What can change the experience of mental illness in America? We think ordinary people can rediscover their capacity to support mental and emotional health. We've also been writing about the connection between gun violence and mental health. Some of this writing has found its way into the 2013 edition of Defying Mental Illness. <br />
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Recently we've launched a new blog called <a href="http://grassrootseducator.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Grassroots Educator.</a> Here we focus on the educators in American society who never send out report cards. Think about child care workers, afterschool program workers, mentors, adult education workers, workforce development program instructors. What can we do to help kids and adults achieve success in life? Our first posts focused on justice systems in schools. We think the answer to bullying is not a set of rules or an assembly program -- it's a commitment to justice within schools and communities. <br />
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And then there is the so-called microblogging -- for updates on mental health, education and social justice issues follow <a href="http://www.twitter.com/pkomarek" target="_blank">@pkomarek on Twitter</a>.Paul Komarekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02293455617305598680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2609526731567112241.post-84321679507322004712013-02-07T14:16:00.003-05:002013-02-07T14:23:42.819-05:00A new interview and feature on our 2013 update<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Lorna d'Entremont of <i>Special Needs Book Review</i> has the most comprehensive set of books to help parents and teachers support the needs of children with disabilities. We are happy to support her work. There's a new review of our 2013 update on her site, along with an interview about our project.<br />
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This new edition has 240 pages; therefore, it is a major update aimed
at creating a social support for people with mental health
concerns. Like their first edition, their updated edition is an
excellent resource to help families and friends support their loved one
through mental illness, to recovery, and for some, to a thriving life.
It is also a great self-help book and my copy of their first edition of <i>Defying Mental Illness </i>is in the hands of a friend with bipolar disorder.
<i><a href="http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/1466382090/ethgresto-20" title="Defying Mental Illness: Finding Recovery with Community Resources and Family Support"></a></i></blockquote>
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<i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Defying-Mental-Illness-2013-Edition/dp/1479369462/ref=dp_ob_title_bk" target="_blank" title="Defying Mental Illness: Finding Recovery with Community Resources and Family Support">Defying Mental Illness </a></i>is
a guide book to recovery from mental illness. It is simply written for
all families, friends or the individuals themselves who are looking for
advice about the steps to take when mental illness is taking all they
have… zest for life, relationships, friendships, career, and a happy
childhood and school years. </blockquote>
Read the complete new review here:<br />
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<a href="http://www.specialneedsbookreview.com/2013/02/04/defying-mental-illness-2013-edition-finding-recovery-with-community-resources-and-family-support/" target="_blank">http://www.specialneedsbookreview.com/2013/02/04/defying-mental-illness-2013-edition-finding-recovery-with-community-resources-and-family-support/</a><br />
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<br />Paul Komarekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02293455617305598680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2609526731567112241.post-54457101949064112082013-01-04T14:58:00.001-05:002013-01-04T15:00:43.128-05:00A Top 20 Book for Parents<b><i>Defying Mental Illness</i></b> has been named one of the "Top 20 Books on Parenting or Teaching Children with Special Needs" by <b><i><a href="http://www.specialneedsbookreview.com/2013/01/02/top-20-books-on-parenting-or-teaching-children-with-special-needs-reviewed-by-special-needs-book-review/" target="_blank">Special Needs Book Review.</a> </i></b><br />
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<span style="color: #993300;">Defying Mental Illness: Finding Recovery with Community Resources and Family Support</span> -by Paul Komarek & Andrea Schroer A
guide book to recovery from mental illness. It is simply written for
all families, friends or the individuals themselves who are looking for
advice about the steps to take when mental illness is taking all they
have… zest for life, relationships, friendships, career, and a happy
childhood and school years. Families and friends have a role in the
recovery process and this book has essential information to help people
with symptoms and family members collaborate and support each other. <a href="http://www.specialneedsbookreview.com/2012/06/18/defying-mental-illness-finding-recovery-with-community-resources-and-family-support/" title="Review ">Review </a> (This review is of based on their first edition of 2010. Congratulations on their 2013 second edition!)<b><i> </i></b></blockquote>
Paul Komarekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02293455617305598680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2609526731567112241.post-88826159390173343982012-12-28T13:19:00.001-05:002012-12-28T13:19:08.622-05:00Publisher's Weekly likes our bookThe technology of digital publishing and print-on-demand makes it possible for us to make our books available. It's also made marketing books even more competitive. Fewer than 20 percent of books listed in Publisher's Weekly's program for independent publishers ever get reviewed. We're grateful for the review we received.<br />
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Defying Mental Illness<br /> Paul Komarek and Andrea Schroer<br /> Church Basement Press, $19.99 paper (246p) ISBN 978-1-4793-6946-1<br />
For the uninitiated, mental illness can be confusing, vexing, and
even terrifying. Komarek and Schroer present educational and resource
material for people suffering from psychiatric maladies and those
supporting them. In basic terms and scope, the authors seek to demystify
mental illness. Chapters on recognizing symptoms and managing
disorders, as well as treatments for both adults and children are
enhanced with case histories and quotes from people who lucidly recount
experiences with such maladies as bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.
Readers would be wise to recognize that Komarek and Schroer are not
clinical professionals, but teachers with compassionate and enthusiastic
intentions. And while their approach to and perspectives on mental
illness are well-meaning, readers who find themselves (or a family
member) in the throes of a psychiatric condition would be wise to seek
the advice of professionals before diagnosing or treating their own
symptoms. This book is mainly a useful primer for those looking to
understand mental illness.</blockquote>
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Here's the link to <a href="http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/pw-select/index.html" target="_blank">Publisher's Weekly's full coverage of independently published works.</a>Paul Komarekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02293455617305598680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2609526731567112241.post-31434242066219895102012-10-03T03:08:00.002-04:002012-10-03T03:09:05.993-04:00Defying Mental Illness 2013 Edition Now AvailableAndrea Schroer and I are pleased to announce the 2013 Edition of <i>Defying Mental Illness: Finding Recovery with Community Resources and Family Support.</i><br />
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This is a major update. We reorganized the material so it is even easier
to read -- and added new material on eating disorders, family support,
suicide prevention, anti-stigma programs, and violence prevention, plus
we updated our sections on Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.<br />
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More importantly, we responded to reader suggestions and included new
material that helps churches and community groups do outreach to people
with mental illness. We have included a simple script that anyone can
use to provide support and screen for trouble. It's just four questions.
We think that simple scripts and some very basic training can
accomplish for mental illness recovery what AA accomplished for sober
recovery. Anyone can use our book to help a friend stay safe and engaged
in a recovery process. <br />
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<i>Defying Mental Illness</i> is the only book of its kind. It is a
one-volume quick reference, plus a resource guide, plus a guidebook to
recovery. It works as a basic textbook. Most importantly,<i> Defying Mental Illness </i>is truly strength-based, focused on recovery, and designed to keep families working together to support each other. <br />
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The new edition is currently migrating through our distribution
channels. It will be available on all e-book platforms and through
Amazon, and distributed to libraries and institutions through Baker and
Taylor. The distribution process should be complete within about two
weeks.<br />
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The following direct links work right now.<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Defying-Mental-Illness-2013-Edition/dp/1479369462/" target="_blank">Defying Mental Illness 2013 Edition on Amazon -- print edition.</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Defying-Mental-Illness-Edition-ebook/dp/B009G9KYU2/" target="_blank">Defying Mental Illness 2013 Edition - Kindle Version on Amazon</a><br />
<a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/91891" target="_blank"><br /></a>
<a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/91891" target="_blank">Defying Mental Illness 2013 edition - All ebook formats on Smashwords</a> - includes Nook, Apple, Kobo, Sony, and PDF versions.Paul Komarekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02293455617305598680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2609526731567112241.post-3041992834850384922012-07-23T15:18:00.000-04:002012-07-23T15:18:43.719-04:00Autumn Speaker Series for Defying Mental IllnessAndrea and I are in the process of setting up some public events during Autumn 2012.<br />
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Here's our basic program blurb:<br />
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<div class="MsoNormal">Mental illness is a serious problem that is surprisingly common but usually misunderstood. The good news is that people can recover from depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety and schizophrenia.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this one-hour presentation, local authors Paul Komarek and Andrea Schroer will help take the mystery away from these illnesses and identify common sense recovery strategies that work for you, your children and your family members.</div></blockquote>If your group is interested in booking us, we're available, and can customize programs for your needs. Please contact us at <a href="mailto:paul.komarek@humanintervention.net" target="_blank">paul.komarek@humanintervention.net.</a>Paul Komarekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02293455617305598680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2609526731567112241.post-5174561945878540902012-07-11T13:00:00.002-04:002012-07-11T13:00:06.414-04:00Special Needs Book Review recommends Defying Mental IllnessSpecial Needs Book Review recommends <b><i>Defying Mental Illness. </i></b><br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">It is easy to understand and complete so it is suitable for people in recovery, caregivers, faith-based, church and community outreach workers who work in mental health. Readers will appreciate the chapters on finding treatment, paying for mental health care, housing, employment and disability, involuntary hospitalization, the criminal justice system, and links to allies and advocacy groups.<br />
The case studies describing a few journeys towards recovery bring hope to the readers. </blockquote>Read their very kind review here.<br />
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<a href="http://www.specialneedsbookreview.com/2012/06/18/defying-mental-illness-finding-recovery-with-community-resources-and-family-support/" target="_blank"> http://www.specialneedsbookreview.com/2012/06/18/defying-mental-illness-finding-recovery-with-community-resources-and-family-support/</a>Paul Komarekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02293455617305598680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2609526731567112241.post-22144086650455801662012-07-11T11:29:00.000-04:002012-07-11T11:29:14.677-04:00An interview with Paul KomarekThanks to Special Needs Book Review and Lorna d'Entremont for the opportunity to talk about my life and work. Here's the link to my interview.<br />
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<a href="http://www.specialneedsbookreview.com/2012/07/05/interview-with-paul-komarek/">http://www.specialneedsbookreview.com/2012/07/05/interview-with-paul-komarek/</a>Paul Komarekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02293455617305598680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2609526731567112241.post-10640519628373579792012-07-10T10:27:00.001-04:002012-08-31T20:52:18.792-04:00Meet Paul Komarek Sept 18 in Cincinnati<h2><b>Empowerment Conference </b></h2><h2 style="color: red;"><b>POSTPONED</b></h2><b><i>“Connecting Service System Users with Opportunities in the World”</i></b><br />
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We are inviting people who use any sort of "service system" (and their allies) to come together and have a conversation. Sponsored by Human Intervention and HOPE4Change. Two sessions, Noon and 6 PM on September 18, 2012.<br />
<a _mce_href="{CCM:FID_DL_32}" href="http://www.humanintervention.net/%7BCCM:FID_DL_32%7D" title="Emposerment_0918_conference_preliminary_brochure.pdf"><b>Download the conference preliminary brochure</b></a><br />
<a _mce_href="http://empowerment0918.eventbrite.com" href="http://empowerment0918.eventbrite.com/" target="_blank">Reserve your seat via Eventbrite</a><br />
<h2>Professional Learning Opportunity</h2><b>“Fostering solutions outside of systems we control.”</b><br />
What might happen if we left our credentials at the door? Professional caregivers, treatment teams and public servants want people to succeed in the larger world, but all systems have their limits. At their best, system boundaries keep clients safe. But sometimes they just ration out resources. And at their worst, systems trap and disempower the very people they are meant to benefit. Paul Komarek, author of <i>Defying Mental Illness: Finding Recovery with Community Resources and Family Support </i>will lead a conversation about solutions within the expertise of ordinary citizens. What can we create in the larger world to help people achieve success in their lives? Free to attend. $50 with CEUs. <a _mce_href="http://empowerment0918.eventbrite.com" href="http://empowerment0918.eventbrite.com/" target="_blank">Reserve your seat today.</a>Paul Komarekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02293455617305598680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2609526731567112241.post-27750793040507406412012-04-23T21:53:00.003-04:002012-04-24T12:12:46.448-04:00NAMI - Defying Mental Illness "provides just what's needed"<div>
We were happy to see NAMI's review of our book. Read the<a href="http://www.nami.org/ADVTemplate.cfm?Section=2012&Template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=137181" target="_blank"> full review here</a>.<br />
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<em>"Defying Mental Illness</em> offers tangible, person-focused strategies that deliver information in a reader friendly manner that takes the initial overwhelming feeling of experiencing a mental illness and helps parse it out into easy to understand categories. "<br />
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And Dr. Barbara Becker Holstein says our book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/review/R3576406KXCDQP/ref=cm_cr_pr_perm?ie=UTF8&ASIN=1466382090&nodeID=&tag=&linkCode=" target="_blank">really takes the sting out of mental illness.</a></div>Paul Komarekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02293455617305598680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2609526731567112241.post-90953391536359354062012-02-10T08:30:00.000-05:002012-02-10T08:30:56.149-05:00MBR Bookwatch Recommends Defying Mental Illness<div><span style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">"Mental illness can shatter relationships, and it may be hard to rise up and strike against it. "Defying Mental Illness" is a discussion from Paul Komarek & Andrea Schroer as they move through the challenges that are faced by friends and families of those with mental illness, that encourage doing what one can to answer illness and help those who struggle find the strength to live their lives. "Defying Mental Illness" is a useful reference and much recommended reading for health and spirituality collections."</span></div><div><span style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span></div><div><a href="http://www.midwestbookreview.com/mbw/feb_12.htm#taylor"><span style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">http://www.midwestbookreview.com/mbw/feb_12.htm#taylor</span></a></div>Paul Komarekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02293455617305598680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2609526731567112241.post-10253753730948494442012-01-06T10:28:00.001-05:002012-05-07T14:31:56.406-04:00About the Authors of DEFYING MENTAL ILLNESSPAUL KOMAREK<br />
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Paul Komarek is the author of Defying Mental Illness, which brings the techniques of mental illness recovery to general audiences. Through his consulting practice, Human Intervention, Mr. Komarek helps non-profit agencies, small businesses and government agencies create sustainable community programs that transform people’s lives. He is an adjunct faculty member at Cincinnati State Technical and Community College.<br />
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Mr. Komarek is a graduate of American University's School of International Service and Northern Kentucky University's Chase College of Law.<br />
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Mr. Komarek began his career as a Claims Representative for the Social Security Administration. He practiced law, worked for Catholic Social Services and the Urban League, and served as Executive Director of Recovery Resource Center, a substance abuse treatment program. Mr. Komarek has been active in NAMI, and developed a NAMI Ohio training program, "Working with People with Mental Illness in the Criminal Justice System," which has been presented in courts and jails across Ohio, and has become mandatory training for deputy jailers in Kentucky.<br />
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Mr. Komarek's consulting work focuses on licensing and accreditation, curriculum development, community engagement and communications. His clients have included YMCA of Greater Cincinnati, Joseph House for Homeless Veterans, Collaborative Law Center, the Center for Mediation of Disputes, Envision Learning Center, HOPE4CHANGE Business Development Center, and Cincinnati College Preparatory Academy.<br />
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Mr. Komarek served on the Hamilton County SAMI Initiative, a multisystem effort to develop an integrated system of treatment for people with co-occurring mental illness and addiction disorders. In 2010-2011 he led a public-private planning initiative aimed at creating a system of volunteer-delivered mediation and restorative justice programs to divert misdemeanor cases from court. He serves on the Board of Directors of West End Health Center and Winton Hills Opportunity Connection.<br />
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Learn more about Paul Komarek at <a href="http://www.humanintervention.ne/">www.humanintervention.ne</a>t. Follow Paul Komarek on Twitter @pkomarek<br />
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ANDREA SCHROER<br />
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Andrea Schroer is a teacher and educational consultant who assists schools, non-profit organizations, and businesses in reaching self-sufficiency through recommendations and training in the areas of tutoring, after-school programming, and child care licensure. <br />
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Learn more at <a href="http://www.supporttheireducation.com./">www.supporttheireducation.com.</a>Paul Komarekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02293455617305598680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2609526731567112241.post-1093380923033483492012-01-05T12:51:00.000-05:002012-01-05T12:51:38.410-05:00Author Randye Kaye Reviews Defying Mental IllnessHere's what author Randye Kaye has written about <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1466382090/healthyplacecom" target="_blank">Defying Mental Illness. </a><br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">For all of us, I think this book is an excellent companion. It is well-researched, well-written, and clear. My congratulations and thanks to the authors for providing an accessible manual that I can recommend as a concrete resource to anyone needing clear guidelines about mental illness, its effect on the family, and the recovery process.<br />
<div class="MsoNormal"></div>They state, in the introduction, that the goal was to write “a book that is not too technical, and suitable for community outreach work.” This is beautifully accomplished.</blockquote>We're grateful for this kind review, part of the "mental illness in the family" blog at HealthyPlace.com - <a href="http://www.healthyplace.com/blogs/mentalillnessinthefamily/2011/11/defying-mental-illness-this-resource-can-helpp/" target="_blank">read the whole review at this link.</a><br />
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Randye Kaye is the author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Ben-Behind-His-Voices-Schizophrenia/dp/1442210893" target="_blank">Ben Behind His Voices</a>, the story of a family coping with the onset of schizophrenia in its midst. Ms. Kaye and her family have had to live through times of conflict, separation and difficult choices on their path towards a resolution. Their courage and determination show through.<br />
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It's a story many of us have experienced. Family members struggle to understand what is happening as we watch a person's behavior and course of life change. After things settle, sometimes years later, people come to terms with what it takes to lead or support a stable successful life.<br />
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Ms. Kaye tops off her storytelling by including helpful resource links. Readers can see parallels with their own journeys, and connect with resources they might have missed. Plus, if you are the person in your family who has symptoms, Ms. Kaye's book can help you see how your struggles affect the people you love, and how their love and concern for you can help inform your choices as you move towards recovery. <br />
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Direct link to Randye Kaye's review of Defying Mental Illness:<br />
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<a href="http://www.healthyplace.com/blogs/mentalillnessinthefamily/2011/11/defying-mental-illness-this-resource-can-helpp/">http://www.healthyplace.com/blogs/mentalillnessinthefamily/2011/11/defying-mental-illness-this-resource-can-helpp/</a>Paul Komarekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02293455617305598680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2609526731567112241.post-34076378608217702292012-01-04T10:59:00.000-05:002012-01-04T10:59:54.473-05:00Defying Mental Illness Authors Present at Northern Kentucky Counselor's Association Meeting<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Paul Komarek and Andrea Schroer presented at the Northern Kentucky Counselor's Association, December 2, 2011.<br />
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Their three-hour workshop focused on how conversations change lives, demonstrating techniques that help people generate possibilities and build commitment. These techniques are built into <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Defying-Mental-Illness-Community-Resources/dp/1466382090" target="_blank">Defying Mental Illness: Finding Recovery with Community Resources and Family Support.</a><br />
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