Pioneering psych survivor leader Judi Chamberlin writes about real peer-controlled alternatives to the mainstream system in this chapter from her book On Our Own, including the history of WANA -- We Are Not Alone -- and the creation of Fountain House.

A definitive article from a mainstream psychiatric journal revealing research that shows promoting the 'mental illness is a disease like any other' message, popular with Big Pharma, actually increases stigma and discrimination, not reduces it.

A simple handout on helping people get to sleep.

A two-page handout on what emotional trauma is and how to work to heal it, written by Will Hall and based on Peter Levine, Hakomi, Judith Herman, and Process-Oriented Psychology.

 

First Place in the PEN prison writing award went to this essay about coming off Paxil.

Meghan Jisho Caughey discusses her experiences with Buddhist meditation and being diagnosed with schizophrenia. 

Crisis plan chapter from the wellness recovery action plan, good for Mad Maps and advance directives.