The Brook Recovery, Empowerment & Development Centre
The Brook Recovery, Empowerment & Development Centre
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Here are some suggested links to other consumer friendly sites about participation, peer support and recovery. We attempt to provide up-to-date links to sites that we believe might be of interest to our visitors. We do not necessarily endorse the products or services that one may find by following links from our pages, nor are we responsible for the accuracy of the content on those pages. If you follow one of these links and have comments about that site please let us know.
Auseinet - The Australian Network for Promotion and Early Intervention for Mental Health - Auseinet's role is to inform, educate and promote good practice in a range of sectors and the community about mental health promotion, prevention, early intervention and suicide prevention across the lifespan. The Auseinet website provides access to a comprehensive clearinghouse facility including information and resources on best practice models, state and territory based projects, publications to download, links to related websites, an email discussion list and Auseinet publications - Auseinet Australian Mental Health Consumer Network - Australia's national mental health consumer organisation - The Australian Mental Health Consumer Network, established in 1996, is a national, representative mental health consumer voice, valuing consumer expertise that enables full participation in Australian society. - http://www.amhcn.com.au beyondblue - the national depression initiative - http://www.beyondblue.org.au Centre for Mental Health (SAMSHA) - USA - http://mentalhealth.samhsa.gov Consumers Health Forum of Australia is a national body working to promote consumer perspectives and interests in health care - the leading national organisation providing a voice for all health consumers - http://www.chf.org.au depressioNet - an independent resource for information, help and support. They offer a 24 hour email service to answer any depression related questions and help locate resources available in your area. There is also the opportunity to communicate with others via the chat room and message board - http://www.depressionet.com.au HealthInsite - Commonwealth Government site for health information - http://www.healthinsite.gov.au Health Priority & Suicide Prevention Branch, Department
of Health & Ageing (Commonwealth Government) - information about the
National Mental Health Strategy - mental health information
brochures and packs
- Inquiry into the Disability Discrimination Act by the Productivity Commission - report available on web site - http://www.pc.gov.au/inquiry/dda/index.html Internet Mental Health - a web site for information on mental health conditions, medications & treatments, research and links to a range of illness and condition specific web sites - http://www.mentalhealth.com Mary Ellen Copeland's Web Page - information about Wellness Recovery Action Plans (WRAP), recovery and peer support - http://www.mentalhealthrecovery.com Mental Health Association (QLD) - http://www.mentalhealth.org.au Mental Health Council of Australia (MHCA) You might like to try The Kit: A Guide to the Advocacy we choose to do: A resource kit for consumers and carers - http://www.mhca.com.au National Centre for Consumer Participation in Health (Australia) - http://www.participateinhealth.org.au National Empowerment Centre - USA - http://www.power2u.org National Mental Health Association (USA) - Position Statement on the Role of Peer Support Services in the Creation of Recovery-Oriented Mental Health Systems - http://www.nmha.org/position/peersupport.cfm National Mental Health Consumer Self-Help Clearinghouse - USA - A must to browse - the Clearinghouse helps people to establish groups and networks, organise coalitions, advocate for mental health reform and fight stigma placed by society on mental illness. The Clearinghouse seeks to empower by providing technical assistance, loads of information, consultations and follow-up. See what you think.- http://www.mhselfhelp.org National Mental Health Consumer Self-Help Clearinghouse - tips for grant writing about peer support - http://www.mhselfhelp.org/pubs/key/fa02/peersupp.html Peer-to-Peer Resource Centre - USA - http://www.peersupport.org Peer support & peer run crisis alternatives in mental health - Shery Mead - http://www.mentalhealthpeers.com Royal Australian & New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) - link to the clinical practice guidelines for patients and carers developed as a way of better informing patients and carers about appropriate, and inappropriate, treatment options. These aim to facilitate shared and informed decision making. The CPGs address six specific disorders or conditions that have considerable impact on psychiatric practice in Australia and New Zealand, as expressed from both the psychiatric profession and consumers. These are: anorexia nervosa; bipolar disorder; deliberate self harm (youth and adult); depression; panic disorder and agoraphobia; and schizophrenia. - http://www.ranzcp.org/publicarea/cpg.asp Repository of Recovery Resources - from Boston University Centre for Psychiatric Rehabilitation - http://www.bu.edu/cpr/recovery/index.html Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health - UK site with good consumer run programs and research - http://www.scmh.org.uk Sane Australia - the web site of a national organisation working for a better life for Australians affected by a mental illness - in particular their Stigma Watch - http://www.sane.org
Schizophrenia website
Useful Resources:
Victorian Mental Illness Awareness Council Inc (VMIAC) - based in Melbourne, Australia. The VMIAC is a consumer/survivor advocacy organisation for people with mental health problems. - http://www.vmiac.com.au
Know of other resources?? - let us know - phone, fax or email us - If
you haven't got internet and email access, remember you can go to your local
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