“Can We Work Together for Change?” – Presentation by Joseph Rogers

Click Here for the presentation by Joseph Rogers, chief advocacy officer, Mental Health Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania, at the 65^th APA Institute on Psychiatric services, Oct. 10, 2013. The presentation covers a brief history of the c/s/x movement and the importance of movement values – such as self-determination, choice and empowerment – in recovery. The presentation also covers the right to refuse as well as Assisted Outpatient Treatment. Joseph Rogers gave this presentation on a panel with Jeffrey Geller, M.D., M.P.H., professor of psychiatry and director of public sector psychiatry at the University of Massachusetts Medical School; and Carol Caruso, executive director of NAMI PA Montgomery County.

100 Ways to Support Recovery: A Guide for Mental Health Professionals

http://www.mentalhealthrecovery.com/recovery-resources/documents/100_ways_to_support_recovery1.pdf

Rethink Recovery Series; Volume 1. by Mike Slade

Mad In America.com

"The site is designed to serve as a resource and a community for those interested in rethinking psychiatric care in the United States and abroad. We want to provide readers with news, stories of recovery, access to source documents, and the informed writings of bloggers that will further this enterprise."

Website published by Robert Whitaker, author of Mad In American and Anatomy of An Epidemic.

http://www.madinamerica.com/

Repository of Recovery Resources

Project of the Boston University Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation. "Originally designed to respond to the needs of state mental health administrators and consumers in their work at state offices of consumer/recipient affairs, these many resources are appropriate for anyone interested in recovery from serious mental illnesses."

http://www.bu.edu/cpr/repository/index.html

A Guide to Mental Health Transformation On A Personal Level

--Mark Ragins, M.D. The Village Integrated Service Agency.

http://village-isa.org/Village%20Writings/A%20Guide%20to%20Mental%20Health%20Transformation%205-26%20final.pdf

Recovery as Journey of the Heart

"Recovery as a Journey of the Heart" by Patricia Deegan was originally present at a conference co-sponsored by The Alliance for the Mentally Ill of Massachusetts and The Department of Mental Health of Massachusetts Curriculum and Training Committee, and held at the Massachusetts State House on May 10, 1995.

http://www.bu.edu/cpr/repository/articles/pdf/deegan1996.pdf

A Review of Recovery Literature

Prepared by Ruth O. Ralph, PhD.; Edmund S. Muskie School of Public Services, University of Southern Maine for NTAC and NASMHPD.

http://www.nasmhpd.org/docs/publications/archiveDocs/2000/ralphrecovweb.pdf

What is Recovery? A Conceptual Model and Explication

Nora Jacobson, Ph.D.
Dianne Greenley, M.S.W., J.D.
(Psychiatric Services 52:482-485, 2001)

http://www.state.sc.us/dmh/recovery_training.htm