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Fry:
My battle with mental illness
Stephen Fry, pictured above, was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, an illness that involves episodes of mania and depression, after attempting suicide 11 years ago.
In the now renown tv documentary, Mr Fry interviewed celebrities
who suffer from bipolar disorder, and spoke to people about living
with this condition, which affects four million Britons.
Thank you Stephen! - the more that celebrities and other high profile people speak out, the more it is likely to promote understanding and reduce the stigma that we mental health service users experience on a regular basis.
We can then feel less that we live in a 'them and us' society where we can only exist apart from 'normal' people and can feel free to move more easily in our recovery back to a social inclusion.
The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive
"Everything you need to know about bipolar disorder"
© BBC Publications
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Recovery from Schizophrenia?
dateline 16 January 2008
Read how Dr Daniel Fisher and Rufas May give an account of their own recoveries in Recovery Stories
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Anxiety & Depression
Anxiety: - iampanicked.com is an informational hub that tells about symptoms, causes of anxiety and depression by
offering valuable articles on depression treatment along with the information on the vitamins, herbs that helps to
overcome anxiety.
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Wellness
Recovery Action Plan:
Download Your WRAP Here
© Mary Ellen Copeland
______________________ Development of CRS: -
.... Feedback
from Service User Representation on the Steering Committee.
Progress report (.pdf)
Terms of Reference (.doc)
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Recovery Groups:
dateline 25 March 2008
We
are carrying out our sixth Wellness & Recovery Group at Hahnemann House, Bournemouth.
We initially ran our groups for 16 -17 weeks for 90 minutes a session but have now adopted a format of running for 10 weeks with two 1 hour sessions each week.
One session runs as a
supported group, brainstorming and working individually to complete
each section of the WRAP (Wellness Recovery Action Plan). The second acts as a peer support, themed based session, concentrating, more deeply, on the issues that are generated.
This has resulted in much more focused group with a higher retention rate of individuals completing all sessions.
Our Recovery groups are
not focused on cure or denial of mental health problems but on the
process by which we can recover from and learn to live
with our difficulties.
"Symptoms" and the need for medication and other coping tools may persist but this does not have to prevent us from rebuilding our lives and self-esteem.
This "journey" of recovery will be different for each individual. It stems from within us and can never be imposed upon us.
This group recognises and values the unique knowledge and coping experience that each member brings to the session, and aims to empower us to help each other and to move our recovery forward.
We work to share our experiences with other organisations, to promote and assist in the setting up of more Recovery Groups across the region
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12
Points of Wellness:
i. You live in a place you like and can call home.
ii. You have something that you believe is meaningful to do during the day.
iii. You have at least one someone to laugh with and pour your heart out to.
iv. You like yourself (mostly).
v. You find some joy in life and have fun now and again.
vi. You see that you have choices and you are able to make a decision about what you want to do.
vii. You feel that you are able to do most of the things you would like to do.
viii. You take a calculated risk now and then.
ix. You recognise that there are some things about life and our world that cannot be changed, at least in the short term.
x. You have found a place in the world and feel reasonably good about it.
xi. When you feel bad, you are able to make yourself feel better and ask for help when you need it.
xii. When others feel bad or need help, you give when asked.
(Homeward Project, Toronto 1992)
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Safe Harbour v Social Inclusion:
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"Ships are safe in
harbour, but that is not
what they are designed
for"
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UK Online Centre:
dateline 11 October 2007
We have been a UK Online centre since 10th January 2007. Specialising in using ICT to aid in mental health recovery, we are part of a government supported project of over 2600 centres, using computers and the internet to help those groups of people identified as being most socially excluded.
2007/2008 Grant Funding
This year Lifescopes Community Learning was awarded £10,000 User Journey Grant Funding for the Learning Centre at Hahnemann House. We have been able to expand our service to many more of our clients as well as opening to Carers and other family members.
C&G
Test Centre
From 9 October 2007, we have been a City & Guilds registered Test Centre for Level 2 Learndirect Coures.
Learn Direct outreach sessions are provided to us by Clearwater Associates on Tuesday afternoons.
Once enrolled, students can continue their online learning alongside our other clients, on any day Mon - Fri, after 10.00am.
Courses are available in Maths, English and IT and are free to s/users on benefits. Proof of ID and benefits is required on enrollment.
The aim of the Learning Centre is to establish the confidence and skills necessary to have a choice and opportunity for further education in the community and for future employment.
Learning Centre Workstations
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Rethink: Fight physical and mental health care injustice
dateline 14 September 2006
Politics.co.uk - London,UK
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PR Newswire UK (press release) - London,UK
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dateline 6 September 2006
Easier - Chester,UK
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