Tuesday 6 May 2008

Mind Publications April 2008

Every month Helen Finch at Mind, the mental-health charity, sends me an email about its new books, any special offers and news from the organisation. Contact with Mind, and other similar organisations, is a hangover from the days when ADSET put together the leaflets for Information for Social Inclusion (IfSI). However, I still maintain that contact and will, perhaps, maybe, one day put IfSI information online.

The purpose of these meanderings? I thought you might like to know about the following new books.

Finding Jericho
An accessible novel about about a boy who lives with his uncle who is experiencing mental distress. An excellent resource for helping teenagers and adults to understand the impact that mental illness can have on the lives of those experiencing it and their families. £10
http://www.mind.org.uk/osb/itemdetails.cfm/ID/870

Living without marbles
A mix of autobiography, poetry and self-help tools written by someone who has learned to live with manic depression, anorexia, self-harm and her mother's suicide. £10
http://www.mind.org.uk/osb/itemdetails.cfm/ID/872

and revised books

BMA new guide medicines and drugs (seventh edition)
This excellent home-reference guide contains information on all major drugs and medicines in use in modern medical practice. £16.99
http://www.mind.org.uk/osb/itemdetails.cfm/ID/357

and special offers

Self-harm: perspectives from personal experience
Edited by Louise Pembroke, this is an enlightening and practical resource for anyone who harms themselves, and for those who care for them. Was £12, now £9.99
http://www.mind.org.uk/osb/itemdetails.cfm/ID/384

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