Resources

Books and Publications

• Ajjan, Dianna L. and the Natural Medicine Collective
  The Natural Way of Healing Stress, Anxiety and Depression
  The Philip Lief Group, Inc., Canada, 1995
  
  
• Attacking Anxiety and Depression: a comprehensive, cognitive behavioural-based solution fostering strength, character and self-empowerment
  The Midwest Centre for Stress and Anxiety, Inc., 1985
  
  
• Bourne, Edmund J.
  The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook
  The New Harbringer Publications, Inc., CA, 1995
  
  
• Carrigan, Catherine
  Healing Depression: A Holisitic Guide
  Marlowe and Company, USA, 1997
  
  
• Huber, Cheri
  Being Present in the Darkness: Depression as an Opportunity for Self-Discover
  The Berkley Publishing Group, USA, 1991
  
  
• Jamison, Kay Redfield
  An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness
  Vintage Books, USA, 1996
  
  
• Jamison, K. R.
  Touched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament
  Ontario: Free Press, 1993
  
  
• Sahelian, Ray, M.D.
  5-HTP Nature's Serotonin Solution
  Avery, USA, 1998

• Choquette, Sonia, PhD
  The Psychic Pathway: A Workbook for Reawakening the Voice of Your Soul
  Three Rivers Press, 1994
  
  
• Grof, Christina and Stanislav, M.D.
  Spiritual Emergency: When Personal Transformation Becomes a Crisis
  G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1978

• Fisher, D. et al.
  Personal Assistance In Community Existance: Recovery at your own PACE
  National Empowerment Center, Lawrence MA, 2003
  
  
• Killick, K. and Schaverien, J. (ed.)
  Art, psychotherapy, and psychosis
  New York: Routledge, 1997
  
  
• Laing, R. D.
  The Divided Self: An Existential Study in Sanity and Madness
  New York: Routledge, 1997
  
  
• Learning About Schizophrenia: Rays of Hope
  Schizophrenia Society of Canada, Canada
  
  
• Marsh, D.
  New Directions in the Psychological Treatment of Serious Mental Illness
  Praeger,Westport CT, 1994
  
  

Web Articles

• Almaraz-Serrarro, A. et al.
  "Psychosocial Interventions for Schizophrenia"
  Effective Healthcare
  Aug.2000, Volume 6, Number 3
  http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/crd/ehc63.pdf
  
  
• Cohen, Oryx
  "Psychiatric Survivor Oral Histories: Implications for Contemporary Mental Health"
  Center for Public Policy and Administration, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, December 2001
  http://akmhcweb.org/research/OralHistories.htm
  
  
• Helmchen, H.
  "Ethical Implications of Relationships between Psychiatrists and the Pharmaceutical Industry"
  http://www.wfsbp.org/publications.html#2403475917
  
  
• Onken, S. J. et al.
  "Mental Health Recovery: What Helps and What Hinders? Executive Summary"
  www.nasmh.pd.org
  
  
• Szegedy-Maszak, M.
  "Consuming passion: The mentally ill are taking charge of their own recovery. But they disagree on what that means" Health Medicine 6/3/02
  http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/020603/health/3recover.htm
  
  

Journal Articles

• Davidson, L. and Stayner, D.
  "Loss, Lonliness, and the Desire for Love: Perspectives on the Social Lives of People with Schizophrenia"
  Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal
  Winter 1997, vol. 20, no. 3
  
  
• Harding, C.M.
  "Beautiful Minds Can Be Recovered"
  The New York Times
  March 10
  
  
• Harvey, R.
  "Government wants mental illness stories"
  Toronto Star
  Nov. 26, 2004
  
  
• Johnson, S.L. et al.
  "Psychosocial approaches to the treatment of bipolar disorder"
  Opinion in Psychiatry
  2000, vol.13, p.70
  
  
• Mosher, L.R.
  "Soteria and Other Alternatives to Acute Psychiatric Hospitalization: A Personal and Professional Review"
  The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
  187:142-149, 1999
  
  
• Susko, M.
  "Caseness and Narrative: Contrasting Approaches to People Who are Psychiatrically Labelled"
  The Journal of Mind and Behavior
  Winter and Spring 1994, Vol. 15, Numbers 1 and 2