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Mental Health Issues
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ORGANISATIONS, EVENTS & TRAINING, MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES
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A wide range of Links are listed on the Links Page at PCCS Books DABS National and Regional Resource Directory is now online at |
BOOKS AND LINKS - Mental Health & getting the right help'Selfwatching: Addictions, Habits, Compulsions: what to do about them' by Ray Hodgson & Peter Miller 'Broken Boundaries, Stories of betrayal in relationships of Care' by Sarah Richardson, Melanie Cunningham et al. 'Shouldn't I be Feeling Better by Now?' ed. by Yvonne Bates 'Fish in a Barrel' by Grace Towers 'Sexual Abuse by Health Professionals' by P. Susan Penfold 'Out of Bounds: Sexual Exploitation in Counselling and Therapy' by Dr Janice Russell 'Patients as Victims: Sexual Abuse in Psychotherapy and Counselling' by Derek Jehu 'Breach of Trust: Sexual Exploitation by Health Care Professionals and Clergy' ed. John C. Gonsiorek 'Falling for Therapy: Psychotherapy from a Client's Point of View' by Anna Sands 'Boundaries and Boundary Violations in Psychoanalysis' by Gen O. Gabbard, Eva P. Lester Talking Cure - useful information & links relevant for the UK at: 'The Americanization of Mental Illness' article by Ethan Watter, New York Times, 8 January 2010 www.nytimes.com/2010/01/10/magazine/10psyche-t.html?pagewanted=all 'Citizens Advice Handbook: Practical Independent Advice' Penguin paperback C.A.B. SAINSBURY CENTRE for MENTAL HEALTH www.scmh.org.uk/ More Organisations relevant to some of these are on the General Links Page |
FINDING MIDDLE GROUNDThe following is a direct link to reviews at Amazon on 'Second Thoughts' by Dr Paul Simpson, a therapist who came to believe that the type of help he offered clients led to confusion and false allegations. He founded Project Middle Ground in America to open up dialogue between his clients and family members whom they accused of abuse. In view of the success often encountered, it is mentioned in the hopes that something similar may be attempted in the UK. People similarly affected can check the comments made and see how they apply to their own lives, either as accusers or as accused individuals: http://www.amazon.com/Second-Thoughts-Paul-Simpson/product-reviews/0785274189. Further information is at http://www.equip.org/articles/second-thoughts-about-recovered-memories Various academics at UK universities have written papers about bridging what might seem an impossible divide. Sadly people tend to fight a particular corner, but Dr Simpson showed that it is possible to try for a middle ground, with some considerable effect. Several books shedding light on how some misunderstandings could have arisen have been written in America since 1995. It seems a pity to let all of that, plus what has been achieved in the UK, remain unattended for the most part. Perhaps Dr Simpson's approach of working with families involved in the controversy is not directly applicable in the UK, but that does not mean there may not be an alternative approach that suits our culture. |
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BOOKSLarge bookshops have sections relating to Psychology, Self-Help, Child Abuse, Social Work. There are more books nowadays written in plain language, both by people who have experienced childhood abuse themselves, and by people who help Survivors of abuse, giving useful information in a non-threatening way. You can search on the Internet for books and information, and work towards something to suit you. Many Websites which you can reach via the Links Pages on this Site, also list useful books. MAIL ORDERwww.dabsbooks.co.uk Mail order books on a wide range of survivor issues plus online Resource Directory To search for books of interest, enter the name of the author, or words from the book title. |
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TANSAL Supports Let's Reduce Abuse Direct link to 'Doc Matrix' site with useful tips for young or older people |
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