Publications
Below is a list of publications about mental health which you may find useful. The documents are pdf files so may need to install Adobe Reader to view them. To download Adobe Reader programme click the link below.
Although this website is aimed at people living in Rhondda Cynon Taf much of the information could be useful to people living in other areas of Wales and the rest of the Uk. Therefore we have adopted the following system of symbols to help you identify which documents are of use to you:
Publications of interest to people living in Rhondda Cynon Taf
Publications of interest to people living in Wales
Publications of interest to people living in the United Kingdom
A list of mental health books which are available throughout wales through the prescription books scheme.
The only way is up booklet, produced by interlink. this booklet is useful for service users to fll in to take to their CPA reviews.
about Mental Health and your rights produced by Community Legal Service Direct.
Rhondda Cynon Taf Mental Health Strategy 2004-2008
(Document To be added soon)
For 18 -65 year olds with mental health problems Booklet outlining Rhondda Cynon Tafs Strategic Framework for Mental Health
Rhondda Cynon Taf Mental Health Strategy 2004-2008
(Document To be added soon)
For those over 65 with mental health problems and those with dementia (regardless of age) Booklet outlining Rhondda Cynon Tafs Strategic Framework for Mental Health
Information leaflet produced by the Royal College of Psychiatrists about mental health and cannabis
Guide for mental and emotional wellbeing
Booklet produced by Rhondda Cynon Taf about mental health and emotional wellbeing, includes useful contact details.
Click here to read more on Useful Websites
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BOOK RELEASES
New Book Release
'Mariposa'
Recovery from an eating disorder
By Sarah Coggrave
Mariposa is a vivid, colourful and comprehensive account of Sarah Coggrave’s recovery from an eating disorder. Her art and writing paint an eclectic picture of a complex individual trying desperately to wrestle free from the evil voices inside her head. The book follows Sarah’s journey through hospital and then a specialist clinic as she totally transforms and rebuilds her life. Throughout she reflects with startling insight on the root of her problems and confesses her innermost thoughts and feelings. We hear the eating disorder speak...it is deafening in the beginning. However eventually it fades to little more than an inaudible whisper as Sarah finds her own voice.
Buy it Now from chipmunkapublishing.co.uk
New book release
'Goodbye Ana'
Recovery from Anorexia Nervosa
By Kate Le Page
‘Goodbye Ana’ is Kate Le Page’s first publication of poetry. This collection of poems shares the author’s battle to achieve and maintain recovery from anorexia nervosa. The work offers the reader a powerful, emotive insight into what life is really like when viewed through the eyes of an anorexic.
This book aims to explain the cognitive distortions that accompany starvation and seeks to hold the sufferer captive as well as to challenge the many misconceptions about the illness.
Buy it now from Chipmunkapublishing.co.uk
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