Recovery Focus

Two new sites added this morning with a focus on Recovery.  http://scottishrecovery.net describes recovery as follows:

“Recovery is being able to live a meaningful and satisfying life, as defined by each person, in the presence or absence of symptoms. It is about having control over and input into your own life. Each individual’s recovery, like his or her experience of the mental health problems or illness, is a unique and deeply personal process.”

The second, http://recoveryinnovations.org is an American website that offers a very broad view of Recovery concepts.  It gives a good overall view of what Mental Health Recovery is.

New Category

To try and help navigation, I have added an extra “Recovery Focus” category.  You’ll find all our links on the Link Library page.

Links to Add?

If you know of a link we should be listing, please add it to the comments at the bottom of the Link Library page.  Feedback is always a useful thing!  If something is missing, you are having trouble finding the information you need or you just have a general comment or suggestion, please Get In Touch.

Advocacy Link

Just added a link for the Scottish Independent Advocacy Alliance (http://siaa.org.uk) to the National Organisations and General Interest catagories.  The SIAA is an umberella organisation for Advocacy in Scotland.  They have a useful search facility that will help you find a local Advocacy service.

Healthy Working Lives

This is an organisation sponsored by the NHS.  The site(http://www.healthyworkinglives.com) gives advice to both employers and employees about ways that improving the work environment can lead to a healthier and more motivated workforce.  There is particular advice about the Disability Discrimination Act and how this impacts on employers, especially when thinking about Reasonable Adjustment to the workplace.

The BBC has a mini site called Headroom dedicated to Mental Health.  This week it features articles about a series of films that have been broadcast on BBC4.  Of particular interest is – Mental: A History of the Madhouse and Sectioned, aired tonight and tomorrow respectively.  Both these films have been made in partnership with the Open University.

Check out their websites:

BBC Headroom:  http://www.bbc.co.uk/headroom

Open University Partnership Site:  http://open2.net/mentalhealth/index.html

Stress Control is available to Everybody

This course is designed to benefit a wide range of people.  If you are struggling with Stress, want more information about the course or want to book a place, please phone:

0131 536 8101

Visit:

http://www.nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk/stresscontrol

for up to date information about planned courses.

What’s The Point?

SAMH produce a seasonal magazine called The Point.  It claims to be an Alternative Voice on Mental Health Issues and always carries several articles that are well worth a read.

Their Winter 2009 issue has an article about the Suicide Prevention work led by the Scottish Government and Choose Life.  Of particular note is SAMH’s decision to bring back their publication “After a Suicide”.  It has been revised, updated and republished with help from Choose Life and can be downloaded from http://www.samh.org.uk.  Alternatively, you can request a print version by phoning 0800 917 3466.

Wired

A second article in this edition looks at some individuals use of the internet to help both themselves and others get through the turmoil of mental health difficulties.  A couple of the blogs they refer to were already in our links library, but now I’ve added a couple more!

If you read / write a blog or website you’d like others to know about, please let us know.  Either add a comment below or get in touch via our Contact Page.

* The Point is published quarterly by SAMH.  You can read it online via their website.  http://samh.org.uk