My RECOVERY Workbook For Beginning the Practice of Mental Health Recovery Self-: An Evidenced-based Approach to Psychiatric Recovery - Paperback

by Laura Dreuth Zeman (Author)

This workbook provides self-care tools for persons who live with challenges related to mental illness. This workbook will help you to identify symptoms of mental illness, practice techniques that may help manage symptoms, and identify services that support RECOVERY. The author organized proven self-care techniques using the acrostic R-E-C-O-V-E-R-Y. The units are REALIZE, EDUCATE, CONNECT, OWN, VERIFY, EVALUATE, RENEW, and YOU. Each unit contains a brief summary of the related research findings. The summaries can help you understand what you could expect to benefit from applying the techniques to your RECOVERY.

Author Biography

Laura Dreuth Zeman, LCSW, Ph.D. spent over 30 years in social work as a professor, researcher, and practitioner. She published more than 40 articles and has presented research findings related to mental illness and developmental disabilities at numerous conferences. She drew on her experience as a researcher, social worker and a parent to develop this workbook. She is a parent to someone who lives with challenges related to mental illness and developmental disabilities. She is committed to helping people who live with symptoms of mental illness build their capacity to practice self-care.