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Sharing your story of your experiences with mental illness can be a powerful way of challenging stigma and replacing stereotypes with real human faces. When sharing for the purpose of challenging stigma, there are certain strategies you an use to help you be most effective, such as talking about the times you got knocked downn, but emphasizing how you got back up each time. The official book page for A Brief of Stigma has more tips and resources to help in the fight against stigma.
Regarding the stigma faced by BIPOC folks with mental illness, counselor Johnzelle Anderson LPC writes "I have numerous clients who have been in therapy for years, but nobody in their life knows that they're talking to a therapist, because they would get a lecture about how they need to go to church or how it's all in their head, or it would be minimized, or they would be shunned and treated as less than..." #stigma #stopthestigma #endthestigma #mentalhealthmatters #bipolcmentalhealth #bipoc
Sharing your experiences of mental illness can be a great strategy to challenge stigma. When that the primary goal of story-telling, it can be helpful to talk about the getting knoced down, but keep the emphasis on the getting back up. For more tips on how to be most effective in stigma reduction efforts, check out A Brief History of Stigma by Ashley L. Peterson. #stigma #stopthestigma #endthestigma #mentalhealthstigma #mentalillness

A Brief History of Stigma – Resources

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Self-publishing your first book requires a steep learning curve, but you can do it! This Beginner's Guide to Self-Publishing mini-ebook is packed with all the knowledge and tricks that I've picked up from self-publishing three books through my publishing imprint, Mental Health @ Home Books. It's everything you need to know, all in one convenient place. #selfpublishing #selfpublishingtips #kdp #kindledirectpublishing #indieauthor #writing
The Beginner's Guide to Self-Publishing, a mini-ebook from Mental Heatlh @ Home, goes over the different options you have for self-publishing, including formatting considerations and which platforms are easiest to use. It also touches on whether of not you should go exclusive with Amazon through their KDP Select program. #selfpublishing #indieauthor #writing #kdp
The Beginner's Guide to Self-Publishing from Mental Health @ Home draws on my own experience of self-publishing three books on multiple platforms, and running successful ad campaigns on Amazon. There's so much to learn, and I've tried to pull all the essentials together in one place. #books #selfpublishing #indieauthor #writing #author

Beginner's Guide to Self-Publishing

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Acceptance and commitment therapy uses a lot of metaphors to make concepts easier to understand. These are a few examples that illustrate concepts like cognitive defusion and self-as-context. #acceptance #actmetaphors #therapy #mentalhealth #defusion
Acceptance and commitment therapy uses a lot of metaphors to help with understanding of key concepts. Here are a few of them. #acceptance #acceptanceandcommitmenttherapy #therapy #selfhelp #cognitivedefusion
According to acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) relationship DRAINs (disconnection, reactivity, avoidance, trapped inside your head, and neglecting core values) may be preventing you from having effective relationships. #relationships #values #avoidance #acceptance

Guided Journals

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Borderline personality disorder involves a persisten pattern of instability in relationships, self-image, and emotions, with marked impulsivity. Other symptoms include desperate efforts to avoid real or perceived abandonment; unstable, intense relationships, fluctuating between idealizing and devaluing (splitting), periods of intense anger, and persistent feelings of emptiness. To learn more about these and other mental illness symptoms, check out Making Sense of Psychiatric Diagnosis.
A major depressive episode can occur in the context of major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, or schizoaffective disorder. Symptoms include depressed mood, anhedonia (which is the loss of interest/pleasure in almost all activities), feelings of worthlessness or excessive guilt, insomnia or sleeping excessively, significant increase or decrease in appetite and weight, low energy, problems concentrating, and thoughts of suicide. You can find out more in Making Sense of Psychiatric Diagnosis.
In the DSM-5, personality disorders are grouped into three clusters. Cluster A (odd/eccentric) includes paranoid, schizoid, and schizotypal personality disorders. Cluster B (dramatic/emotional/erratic) includes borderline, narcissistic, antisocial, and histrionic PDs. Cluster C (anxious/fearful) includes avoidant, dependent, and obsessive-compulsive PDs. To learn more about psychiatric disorders, check out Making Sense of Psychiatric Diagnosis: Understanding the DSM-5 by Ashley L. Peterson.

Making Sense of Psychiatric Diagnosis – Resources

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People may assume that depression is all about feeling sad, but sometimes it doesn't involve sadness at all. Other emotions associated with it include feeling hopeless, anxious, numb, or irritable. You can find out more about the different ways in which depression can present itself on the Managing the Depression Puzzle book page on Mental Health @ Home.
Just like every individual is unique, every individual's experience of depression is unique. The pieces of the puzzle that might fit best for one person with a depressive illness may be very different from the best fit for someone else. The book Managing the Depression Puzzle by Ashley L. Peterson explores a variety of options that you can try out to see what combination works best for you.
Psychomotor retardation is an overtly physical symptom of depression. It includes slowed movement (like walking), slumped posture, delayed verbal responses, lack of facial expressiveness, decreased eye contact, and fixed gaze. Speech can become soft, slow, and monotone, with long, frequent pauses and delayed verbal responses. To learn more about this and other symptoms of depression, check otu Managing the Depression Puzzle by Ashley L. Peterson.

Managing the Depression Puzzle – Resources

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The Therapy Basics Toolbox is a free mini-ebook available from Mental Health @ Home. It provides an introduction to concepts from several evidence-based therapeutic approaches: acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), and dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT).
Sleep Better is a free mini-ebook from Mental Heatlh @ Home that covers the basics of sleep and a variety of different strategies that can be used to promote better sleep, including sleep hygiene, cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia (CBT-i), mindfulness, prescription and non-prescription medications, and supplements/herbal products.
Sleep Better: The Little Book of Sleep is a free mini-ebook available from Mental Health @ Home. It covers the basics of sleep, including the circardian rhythm and factors like medical conditions that can disrupt sleep. It also explores a variety of ways to promote better sleep, including sleep hygiene, cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia (CBT-i), mindfulness strategies, prescription and non-prescription medications, and supplements and herbal products.

Mini-Ebooks

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Writing out a treatment plan can be a good way to consider what strategies are helping you to manage your depression. Medications and psychological interventions like therapy may be obvious strategies that you're using, but there are likely other things contributing to your overall wellness. Having an idea of what those strategies are can help remind you to keep engaging in self-care and meaningful activities. This worksheet is available as a downloadable PDF on Mental Health @ Home.
A number of medications that are commonly used to treat mental illness require regular blood tests for ongoing monitoring, including lithium, valproic acid, carbamazepine, and clozapine. The Lab Test Quick Guide, available free from the Mental Health @ Home resources page, provides an overview of these and other tests commonly ordered for people with mental illness.
Humanistic psychologist Abraham Maslow developed a hierarchy of human needs involving five levels: physiological, safety, love & belonging, esteem, and self-actualization needs. You can use this worksheet to reflect on how you're doing in each of those areas and what you can do better. The worksheet is available as a downloadable PDF file on Mental Health @ Home's Resources page.

Other MH@H Downloadables

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Antidepressant classes include selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), serotonin and norepinehprine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs), norepinephrine and dopamine reuptake inhibitors (NDRIs), tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs), and monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs). You can find out more about these and other psychiatric medications in Psych Meds Made Simple by Ashley L. Peterson. #antidepressants
There are two broad groups of antipsychotics, typicals and atypicals. Both block dopamine receptors, but atypicals also act at a type of serotonin receptors. While typicals are mostly used for treating psychosis, atypicals also have a number of other uses, including bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder. The two different groups have differences in side effect profiles. You can find out more in Psych Meds Made Simple. #antipsychotics #psychosis #mentalillness #medications #psychmeds
Mood stabilizers are used in bipolar disorder to treat and prevent manic highs and depressive lows. Lithium was the drug originally used as a mood stabilizers. It was then discovered that certain anticonvulsants have mood stabilizing activity. More recently, it's been discovered that atypical antipsychotics also act as mood stabilizers. You can find out more about these and other psychiatric medications in Psych Meds Made Simple. #moodstabilizers #bipolar #mentalillness #medications #psychmeds

Psych Meds Made Simple – Resources

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Understanding how psychiatric medications work can make it easier to understand both their therapeutic effects and adverse effects. Psych Meds Made Simple by Ashley L. Peterson aims to make psychopharmacology accessible for people who are actually taking these medications. It's available on Amazon, and it's gotten a lot of positive feedback. #psychmeds #psychiatricmedications #medications #mentalillness #psychiatry
There's a lot of misunderstanding out there about what mental illness really is. Making Sense of Psychiatric Diagnosis by Ashley L. Peterson combines information about DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for a number of different mental illnesses, insights from clinical experiences, and narratives written by guest contributors living with various illnesses. You can find it on Amazon, where it's gotten positive feedback from readers. #mentalhealthbooks #mentalillnessbooks #psychiatry #mentalillness
In her review of A Brief History of Stigma by Ashley L. Peterson, Braving Bipolar author Stephanie Schlosser wrote: "A Brief History of Stigma is a comprehensive, well researched and documented overview of the challenges of changing the status quo regarding mental health." You can find out more on the book page on Mental Health @ Home. #mentalhealthbooks #mentalillnessbooks #mentalillness #stigma #endthestigma #stopthestigma

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Many people's mental health has taken a hit during the pandemic. If you're having suicidal thoughts, this safety plan workbook can help you prepare to cope with moments of crisis. It's available as a free download on Mental Health @ Home. #suicideprevention #mentalhealthmatters #safetyplan #mentalhealth
This safety plan for suicide prevention will help you to prepare ahead of time for dealing with suicidal crisis, including laying out what your support options are. #suicideprevention #safetyplan #mentalhealth #mentalillness
Prepare a crisis kit with things to soothe each of your senses. This page comes from the Safety Planning for Suicide Prevention workbook available free from the Mental Health @ Home Store. #safetyplan #crisisbox #copingbox #suicideprevention

Safety Plans

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Making Sense of Psychiatric Diagnosis: Understanding the DSM-5 by Ashley L. Peterson offers a multi-faceted perspective on the reality of mental illness. It pulls together a look at the DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for a variety of mental disorders and the stories of people living with those conditions. You can find out more on the book page on Mental Health @ Home Books.
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Sleep Better: The Little Book of Sleep is a free mini-ebook available from Mental Health @ Home. It covers the basics of sleep, including the circardian rhythm and factors like medical conditions that can disrupt sleep. It also explores a variety of ways to promote better sleep, including sleep hygiene, cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia (CBT-i), mindfulness strategies, prescription and non-prescription medications, and supplements and herbal products.
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A Beginner's Guide to Self-Publishing is a free mini-ebook available from Mental Health @ Home Books. It's packed with tips and tricks the author picked up from self-publishing four books. It covers different publishing platforms, including Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Google Play Books, Barnes & Noble, and Kobo. It also addresses formatting, cover design, ISBNs, digital rights management, marketing, and advertising.
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Just like every individual is unique, every individual's experience of depression is unique. The pieces of the puzzle that might fit best for one person with a depressive illness may be very different from the best fit for someone else. The book Managing the Depression Puzzle by Ashley L. Peterson explores a variety of options that you can try out to see what combination works best for you.
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Mental illness stigma, which includes inaccurate stereotypes like the idea that mentally ill people are violent, can be incredibly damaging. You can learn more about what stigma is, how it affects people, and, most importantly, what can be done about it in the book A Brief History of Stigma by Ashley L. Peterson, creator of the blog Mental Health @ Home.
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Sleep Better is a free mini-ebook available for download from Mental Health @ Home. It covers the basics of how sleep works and a variety of strategies to support better sleep, including sleep hygiene, cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia (CBT-i), mindfulness, prescription and non-prescription medications, and supplements and herbal products.
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