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Below are groups and resources (books, articles, websites, etc.) related to this topic. Click on an item’s title to go its resource page with author, publisher, description/abstract and other details, a link to the full text if available, as well as links to related topics in the Subject Index. You can also browse the Title, Author, Subject, Chronological, Dewey, LoC, and Format indexes, or use the Search box. Results29 Connexions Library2 Connexions Directory of Groups & Websites 3 Sources Experts & Spokespersons 5 Sources Library 7 From the Connexions Archives Connexions LibraryAmerican Wasteland: The Most Urgent Challenge for America is Its Poorly Hidden Mental Health Crisis Luchte, James Article 2016 Hearing the phrase "mental health crisis," one may think of the epidemic of mass shootings plaguing the country since the Reagan era. Or, images may erupt of home grown terrorist attacks or the plunge... Canadian Information Sharing Service: Volume 3, Number 2 - April 1978 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1978 Connexions: Volume 6, Number 2 - April 1981 - Urban Core/Milieu Urbain Serial Publication (Periodical) 1981 Connexions: Volume 6, Number 3 - September 1981 - Atlantic Development/Le Developpement Atlantique Serial Publication (Periodical) 1981 Connexions: Volume 6, Number 4 - November 1981 - Unorganized Workers/Travailleurs Non-Organises Serial Publication (Periodical) 1981 Connexions: Volume 11, Number 1 - Spring 1987 - A Digest of Resources and Groups for Social Change Serial Publication (Periodical) 1987 Connexions Digest: Volume 12, Number 2 - Issue 48 - Winter 1988-89 - A Social Change Sourcebook Serial Publication (Periodical) 1989 Connexions Digest: Issue 51 - May 1990 - A Social Change Sourcebook Serial Publication (Periodical) 1990 Connexions Digest: Issue 52 - August 1990 - A Social Change Sourcebook Serial Publication (Periodical) 1990 Connexions Digest: Issue 53 - January 1991- A Social Change Sourcebook Serial Publication (Periodical) 1991 Despair is Not a Strategy: 15 Principles of Hope Brockman, Abby Article 2017 Brockman lists various methods to prevent feelings of cynicism, frustration, and grief for social activists and to inspire renewed hope in their efforts. Disaster and Mental Health: The Palestinian Experience El Sarraj, Eyad; Qouta, Samir Article 2005 The continuing Israeli military occupation of Gaza is the cause of deep and widespread trauma for Palestinian children and adults. Don Weitz in conversation with Ulli Diemer Weitz, Don; Diemer, Ulli Article 2016 Activist Don Weitz interviewed by Ulli Diemer, December 8, 2016. Get Up, Stand Up: Uniting Populists, Energizing the Defeated, and Battling the Corporate Elite  Levine, Bruce E. Book 2011 Levine offers insights into the epidemic of political passivity in America and analyzes how major U.S. institutions have created helplessness and fatalism. He proposes ways of recovering dignity, ener... The Growth Illusion: How economic growth has enriched the few, impoverished the many and endangered the planet Douthwaite, Richard Book 1992 Douthwaite argues that strategies used by governments to raise national income often increase poverty and unemployment. Moreover, in the USA, Britiain, Germany and Australia, each increase in national... Health care and children in crisis in Gaza Garfinkle, Miriam; Abdul-Qadir, Reem Article 2007 These days one hears a lot about Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan, adults who have been specifically trained for warfare, who are nevertheless traumatized by the experience of seeing comrades injured ... HealthSources.ca Website 2017 A web portal featuring information and resources about health, with articles, documents, books, websites, and experts and spokespersons. The home page features a selection of recent and important arti... How 7 Historic Figures Overcame Depression Without Doctors: Drugless Antidotes Levine, Bruce Article 2012 While Sylvia Plath and Ernest Hemingway received extensive medical treatment for depression but tragically committed suicide, other famously depressed people — including Abraham Lincoln, William James... Individual and Social Origins of Neurosis Fromm, Erich Article 1944 The history of science is a history of erroneous statements. Yet these erroneous statements which mark the progress of thought have a particular quality: they are productive. And they are not just err... An Interview with Patricia Campbell: Against The Current vol. 123 Finkel, David Article 2006 Patricia Campbell is President of the Irish Independent Workers Union (IWU), an independent trade union and social movement in both the north and south of Ireland. She is a deputy editor of the journa... Killing 'Schizophrenics': Contemporary U.S. Psychiatry Versus Nazi Psychiatry Levine, Bruce E. Article 2017 In the United States in the earlier part of the twentieth century, there was widespread compulsory sterilization of those diagnosed with serious mental illness; and from the 1970s through the early 19... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - November 7, 2016: Depression and Joy Diemer, Ulli (ed.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2016 It's a difficult thing to measure, but there are strong reasons for believing that the number of people struggling with depression has increased significantly in recent decades. Despite the evidence t... The Radical Therapist: Therapy means change not adjustment Radical Therapist Collective - Agel, Jerome (ed.) Book 1971 The contributors to this anthology proceed from the premise that therapy should be a means of liberation rather than a tool of social control. Social Determinants of Health: Canadian Perspectives Raphael, Dennis (ed.) Book 2004 The social determinants of health are summarized and analyzed by over 30 medical and social academics. Surviving America's Depression Epidemic: How to Find Morale, Energy, and Community in a World Gone Crazy Levine, Bruce Book 2007 The rate of depression in the United States has increased more than tenfold in the last fifty years, and American mental health institutions have become part of the problem rather than the solution. T... Treating Mental Health Patients as Criminals Cockburn, Patrick Unclassified 2017 The criminalisation of the mentally ill is one of the cruellest and most easily avoidable tragedies of our era. Connexions Directory of Groups & WebsitesGaza Community Mental Health Programme A Palestinian non-governmental, non-profit organization established in 1990 to provide comprehensive community mental health services - therapy, training and research - to the population of the Gaza S... Woodgreen Community Centre Committed to a comprehensive community approach to enhance the quality of life and self-determination for all people of East Toronto. Sources Experts & SpokespersonsSources LibraryInternet Mental Health Long, Phillip A free encyclopedia of mental health information created by a Canadian psychiatrist, Dr. Phillip Long. Mental disorder Sources Select Resources Encyclopedia A mental disorder or mental illness is a psychological or behavioral pattern associated with distress or disability that occurs in an individual and is not a part of normal development or culture. Mental health Sources Select Resources Encyclopedia Mental health is a term used to describe either a level of cognitive or emotional well-being or an absence of a mental disorder. Most Canadians killed in police encounters since 2000 had mental health or substance abuse issues More than 460 people have died in encounters with police in Canada since 2000 Nicholson, Katie; Marcoux, Jacques 2018 More than 460 people have died in encounters with police across Canada since the year 2000, and a substantial majority suffered from mental health problems or symptoms of drug abuse, a CBC News invest... Steps to an Ecology of Mind Bateson, Gregory 1972 The questions which this book raises are ecological; how do ideas interact? Is there some sort of natural selection which determines the survival of some ideas and the extinction or death of others? W... From the Connexions ArchivesGaza Community Mental Health Programme Website A Palestinian non-governmental, non-profit organization established in 1990 to provide comprehensive community mental health services - therapy, training and research - to the population of the Gaza S... Mental Patients' Association Organization profile published 1976 Organization 1976 An alternative community organization dedicated to providing choices and power to ex-mental patients. Phoenix Rising Periodical profile published 1981 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1981 Phoenix Rising is published by "On Our Own," a collective of ex-psychiatric patients dedicated to supporting the rights and struggles of people who are experiencing or have experienced psychiatric con... Phoenix Rising Periodical profile published 1984 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1984 PHOENIX RISING is published quarterly by On Our Own, a group of ex-psychiatric patients. Task Force on Mental Health in Saskatchewan Organization profile published 1981 Organization 1981 "The Task Force on Mental Health in Saskatchewan has issued an open invitation for input from interested groups and individuals.
The Task Force, chaired by Dr. Ian McDonald, is looking both at exis... |
