Consumer and Carer Issues
Resources: Recovery - Lived Experience
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Fight or Flight? Overcoming panic and agoraphobia
Monkey See Productions, Blackheath, NSW, Audio Visual.
Partyline: Special issues on depression
National Rural Health Alliance.
National Rural Health Alliance, Canberra, ACT, Journal/newsletter.
Employer Tool-Kit: Employing peer workers in your organisation
Franke, Carmen.
Baptist Community Services (SA) Peer Support Project, Unley, South Australia, 2008. Book or Report.
Journeys with the Black Dog: Inspirational stories of bringing depression to heel
Wigney, Tessa; Eyers, Kerrie; Parker, Gordon.
Allen and Unwin, Sydney, NSW, 2007. Book or Report.
Recovering Mental Health in Scotland: Report on narrative investigation of mental health recovery
Brown, Wendy; Kandirikirira, Niki.
Scottish Recovery Network (SRN) Glasgow, Scotland, 2007. Book or Report.
Relationships (in 'Recovering Mental Health in Scotland: Report on narrative investigation of mental health recovery')
Brown, Wendy; Niki, Kandirikirira.
Scottish Recovery Network (SRN) Glasgow, Scotland, 2007. Book or Report.
From Relief to Recovery: Peer support by consumers relieves the traumas of disasters and facilitates recovery from menta illness
Fisher, Daniel; Rote, Kay; Miller, LaVerne; Romprey, David; Filson, Beth.
National Empowerment Center, Lawrence, MA, 2006. Book or Report.
Harnessing the Lived Experience: Formalising peer support approaches to promote recovery
Bradstreet, Simon.
Scottish Recovery Network (SRN) Glasgow, UK, 2006. Journal article.
Journeys of Despair, Journeys of Hope: Young adults talk about severe mental distress, mental health services and recovery
Barnett, Heather; Lapsley, Hilary.
Mental Health Commission, NZ, Wellington, NZ, 2006. Book or Report.
Journeys of Recovery
Scottish Recovery Network.
Scottish Recovery Network (SRN) Glasgow, UK, 2006=> Book or Report.
Mental Health Peer Supported Hospital-to-Home Project: Report on the pilot period June - August, 2006
Lawn, Sharon; Smith, Ann; Hunter, Kelly.
Flinders Human Behaviour & Health Research Unit, Adelaide, S. Aust. 2006. Book or Report.
People Can Recover from Mental Illness
Fisher, Daniel; Ahern, Laurie.
National Empowerment Center, Massachusetts, USA, 2006. Journal article.
Recovery from Schizophrenia: A consumer perspective
Tooth, B.; Kalyanasundaram, V.; Glover, H.
Dr Barbara Tooth, Malabar, NSW, 2006. Book or Report.
Recovery: Our thoughts on recovery and what helps us to recover from mental health problems
Highland Users Group (HUG)
Highland Users Group, Inverness, Scotland, UK, 2006. Book or Report.
Reflections on a Pilot Peer Support Service
The Mind and Body Research and Development Team.
Mind and Body Consultants Ltd. Auckland, NZ, 2006. Journal article.
Understanding Resolution of Deliberate Self Harm: Qualitative interview study of patients' experiences
Sinclair, Julia; Green, Judith.
BMJ Publishing Group, London, UK, 2005. Journal article.
Broken Open
Hamilton, Craig.
Bantam Books, Random House, Milsons Point, NSW, 2004. Book or Report.
Nine Lives: Personal stories of mental illness
Singh, Lesley (ed)
Open Minds, Wooloongabba, Qld. 2004. Book or Report.
Our Lives in 2014: A recovery vision from people with experience of mental illness
Mental Health Commission, NZ.
Mental Health Commission, NZ, Wellington, NZ, 2004. Book or Report.
Retraining the Workforce to Support Recovery: What is recovery?
Deegan, Patricia E.
Manitoba Division of the Canadian Mental Health Association, Manitoba, Canada, 2004. Book or Report.
Staying Well with Bipolar Disorder: Final report
Russell, Sarah; Nunn, Margie; Browne, Jan. Research Matters.
Research Matters, Fitzroy North, Vic. 2004. Book or Report.
The Bipolar Disorder Video Kit
SANE Australia.
SANE Australia, Melbourne, Vic, 2003. Audio Visual.
Recovered not Cured: A journey through schizophrenia
McLean, Richard.
Allen and Unwin, Crows Nest, NSW, 2003. Book or Report.
Challenges and Triumphs: A mosaic of meanings
Alliston, Chris (ed)
Auseinet, Adelaide, S. Aust. 2002. Book or Report.
Getting Real: A video about recovering from psychosis
EPPIC (Early Psychosis Prevention and Intervention Centre)
Early Psychosis Prevention and Intervention Centre (EPPIC) Parkville, Vic. 2002. Audio Visual.
Getting There: Recovery from eating disorders
Eating Disorders Foundation of Victoria.
Eating Disorders Foundation of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic, 2002. Audio Visual.
“Kia Mauri Tau!”: Narratives of recovery from disabling mental health problems
Lapsley, Hilary; Nikora, Linda Waimarie; Black, Rosanne.
Mental Health Commission, NZ, Wellington, NZ, 2002. Book or Report.
The Many Languages of Suicide
Webb, David.
VICSERV, North Fitzroy, Vic. 2002. Journal article.
Something Inside So Strong
Mental Health Foundation (UK)
Mental Health Foundation, UK, London, UK, 2001. Book or Report.
Four Families of People with Mental Illness Talk About their Experiences
Mental Health Commission, NZ.
Mental Health Commission, NZ, Wellington, NZ, 2000. Book or Report.
The Journey Towards Wellness
Hutchinson, D.
NAMI California, Sacramento, USA, 2000. Journal article.
Three Forensic Service Users and Their Families Talk About Recovery
O'Hagan, Mary.
Mental Health Commission, NZ, Wellington, NZ, 2000. Book or Report.
A Gift of Stories: Discovering how to deal with mental illness
Liebrich, Julie.
University of Otago Press, Dunedin, NZ, 1999. Book or Report.
Rockets and Rollerblades
SANE Australia.
SANE Australia, Melbourne, Vic. 1997. Audio Visual.
A Journey Toward Recovery: From the inside out
Walsh, Dale.
Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, USA, Boston, USA, 1996. Journal article.
Recovery and the Conspiracy of Hope
Deegan, Patricia E.
Institute for the Study of Human Resilience, Boston, USA, 1996. Conference or workshop proceedings.
Recovery as a Journey of the Heart
Deegan, Patricia E.
Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, USA, Boston, USA, 1996. Journal article.
Holding On to What is Real: A teenagers courageous battle with schizophrenia
Altmann, Karin; Ioannides, Tassos.
Kitaron Productions, Melbourne, Vic. 1993. Audio Visual.
Twelve Aspects of Coping for Persons with Schizophrenia
Frese, Frederick.
Innovations and Research in Clinical Services, Community Support and Rehabilitation, USA, 1993. Book or Report.
Recovery: The lived experience of rehabilitation
Deegan, Patricia E.
Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, USA, Boston, USA, 1988. Journal article.