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Category Archives: Recovery Stories

Mental Health Foundation’s New Report: Stories of Success

July 5, 2014 3:15 am ⋅

Stories of friendship, acceptance and social inclusion are being shared in a new report released by the Mental Health Foundation.

In association with Like Minds, Like Mine, Stories of Success is the latest part of a national programme to reduce the stigma and discrimination associated with mental illness.

“Social inclusion is a basic human need and right,” says Hugh Norriss from the Mental Health Foundation of NZ in the report.

The report reveals the powerful role friends, whānau, employers, and others play in recovery from mental illness.

Full press release here.

Report here.

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IIDL Features: The Power of Visual Stories

May 31, 2014 3:23 am ⋅

Carmen Norris, MA of the Department of Anthropology, University of Alberta, writes:

“What power do stories hold and what can they do for society? What value do images bring to stories and what can visual storytelling do for a project interested in improving community engagement for people with developmental disabilities and challenging social perception of disability in our community?”

View this article here.

Project Citizenship is a pioneering initiative that aims at helping people with disabilities be seen and included in our communities as full contributing citizens.

Posted in: Disability Issues, Online Resources, Recovery Stories, Service-User Movement ⋅ Tagged: , , , ,

Anne Helm on Take it From Us radio show: 13 May 2014

May 12, 2014 7:07 pm ⋅

Mental health champion Anne Helm is tomorrow’s guest on the Take It From Us radio show.

Anne, who has won an award for her contribution to NZ mental health services, works to highlight psychiatric abuse and advocate for change in mental health services, especially the elimination of seclusion.

Listen live on 104.6FM at 12.30pm Tuesday 13 May 2014, or see www.planetaudio.org.nz

If you miss the live broadcast, listen for the next seven days at www.planetaudio.org.nz/takeitfromus

Connect with the Take It From Us Facebook page @ Facebook.com; type ‘take it from us’ in the search box

Email takeitfromus@mail.com for any feedback and comment/suggestions for shows.

Posted in: Community Participation, Families/Whanau, Human Rights and Legal Issues, Online Resources, Recovery Stories, Service-User Movement, Social Change ⋅ Tagged: , , ,

New Articles from BMC Psychiatry and Psychosis

March 10, 2014 8:59 pm ⋅

Self-reported stressors among patients with Exhaustion Disorder: an exploratory study of patient records
Hasselberg K, Jonsdottir IH, Ellbin S, Skagert K
BMC Psychiatry 2014, 14 :66 (5 March 2014)

Improving communication and practical skills in working with inpatients who self-harm: a pre-test/post-test study of the effects of a training programme
Kool N, van Meijel B, Koekkoek B, van der Bijl J, Kerkhof A
BMC Psychiatry 2014, 14 :64 (4 March 2014)

The effectiveness of integrated treatment in patients with substance use disorders co-occurring with anxiety and/or depression – a group randomized trial
Wüsthoff LE, Waal H, Gråwe RW
BMC Psychiatry 2014, 14 :67 (5 March 2014)

Person-based cognitive therapy groups for distressing voices: a thematic analysis of participant experiences of the therapy
Katherine May, Clara Strauss, Adrian Coyle & Mark Hayward, (2014)
Psychosis, 6/1, 16-26

First Person Account: Providing safety in the midst of psychosis: an interpersonal dimension of recovery
Larry Davidson & Amy Johnson (2014)
Psychosis, 6/1, 77-79

First Person Account: Fallacies of a family member: recovery in progress
Sabrina Hassan (2014)
Psychosis, 6/1, 80-84

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Take It From Us: Challenging Schizophrenia Myths | 11 March 2014

March 10, 2014 7:06 pm ⋅

This week on Take It From Us the crew is promoting Schizophrenia Awareness Week (9-15 March 2014). Schizophrenia is potentially the mental illness diagnosis that holds the most stigma. The goal of Schizophrenia Awareness Week is to raise awareness, and to challenge the outdated myths around this condition. Join Take It From Us with guests Claire Cox of Supporting Families in Mental Illness and Philippa Coyle, Mind & Body Consultants on Tuesday the 11th of March 2014.

Listen live on 104.6FM at 12.30pm or online www.planetaudio.org.nz

OR if you missed the broadcast, listen for the next seven days @: www.planetaudio.org.nz/takeitfromus

And don’t forget the Take it From Us Facebook page @ Facebook.com and type ‘take it from us’ in the search box; email takeitfromus@mail.com for any feedback and comment/suggestions for shows.

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Highlights from the Engage Facebook Page

February 17, 2014 12:56 pm ⋅

Here are a few of the posts shared on the Engage Aotearoa Facebook Page in the last few weeks.

Posted in: Cultural Considerations, Engage Updates, Entertainment and Creativity, Families/Whanau, News, Online Resources, Parents and Parenting, Personal Development Tools, Recovery Stories, Research, Service-User Movement, Social Change, Suicide Prevention/Support ⋅ Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

National Depression Initiative Seeks Rural Men to Share Stories of Recovery from Depression

December 19, 2013 2:34 pm ⋅

The National Depression Initiative (NDI) is undertaking a new project around rural mental health.

They want to make a new series of videos for depression.org.nz, and are looking for farmers who have come through a depression journey and are prepared to tell their story.

If you (or someone you know) are male, aged 24 to 65, a farmer of any kind, and would be willing to share, please contact Belinda Moss

  • b.moss@hpa.org.nz
  • 04 9170513 (office hours)
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Highlights from Engage Aotearoa on Facebook

December 1, 2013 2:48 pm ⋅

Here are just a few of the posts shared on the Engage Aotearoa Facebook Page this week.

From Jake the Dog, created by Pendleton Ward.

Jake the Dog is an animated kids’ show in the USA…
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Updated Online Resources Pack Now Available

December 1, 2013 1:48 pm ⋅

The Online Resources Pack was given an overhaul last week and the latest update is now available on the Info Packs page of the Engage Aotearoa website.

Direct link: www.engagenz.co.nz/?page_id=116

What is the Online Resources Pack? 

The Online Resources Pack is an information pack, full of links to web-based resources for mental-health recovery. This includes resources for distraction and entertainment as well as mental-health resources. Roughly 50% of websites sharing information about mental health are funded by pharmaceutical companies and present a bio-medical view of mental health. The Online Resources Pack brings together independent forms of web-based information that share psycho-social and/or lived experience perspectives and tools. The Online Resources Pack is updated on a regular basis. The team tries to check content prior to inclusion, but it is impossible to check every part of every website. If you find something stigmatising in one of the links included in the Online Resources Pack, please get in touch. To contribute content or suggest an edit to the Online Resources Pack, email EngageAotearoa@gmail.com

What’s New in the 29 November ’13 Update?

  • Content is now divided into sub-sections so it is easier to find what you are looking for. 
    • Distraction/Entertainment/Inspiration
    • Information and Reading
    • Online Self-Help
    • Online Support Groups and Networks
    • Recovery Stories
  • Two new pages of links to explore, including new…
    • CBT resources
    • DBT resources
    • ACT resources
    • Recovery blogs by people with Bipolar Disorder
    • Recovery blogs by people with Borderline Personality Disorder
    • Suicide prevention information
    • International service-user initiatives
    • and more…

The Online Resources Pack is designed to be shared

  • Print a copy and leave it in a public place or give it to someone you know
  • Email the link to your networks
  • Share it on Facebook
  • Share it on your website

How to Share the Online Resources Pack on your Website 

Use the URL below to link to the Online Resources Pack from your own website. < http://www.engagenz.co.nz/?page_id=116 >

Using this URL ensures your link will never go out of date. It also allows Engage Aotearoa to track wider community use of the resource and ensures appropriate acknowledgements for the resource.

Posted in: Community Participation, Engage Updates, Entertainment and Creativity, Families/Whanau, Older People and Aging, Online Resources, Parents and Parenting, Personal Development Tools, Recovery Stories, Service-User Movement, Suicide Prevention/Support, Support, Young People and Youth Issues ⋅ Tagged: , , , , , , , , , ,

The Nutters Club episode on Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse | Maori TV | Mon 2 Dec 2013

December 1, 2013 12:33 pm ⋅

The subject of male sexual abuse is the topic of a very frank episode of The Nutters Club on Monday December 2nd at 9:30pm on Maori Television. Mike King and David Codyre speak to Ken Clearwater and Rewi Smith about their experiences as survivors of sexual abuse.

Watch the trailer here on Vimeo. 

If you miss the episode when it airs on TV, you can watch all episodes online here.

Listen to The Nutters Club live on radio Newstalk ZB, every Sunday at 11pm.

Posted in: Families/Whanau, Men, Parents and Parenting, Professional Development, Recovery Stories, Service-User Movement, Social Change ⋅ Tagged: , , , , , , , ,