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National Coalition for Mental Health Recovery

Formerly known as National Coalition for Mental Health Consumer/Survivor Organizations

Recovery

The Emergence of a Collective Recovery Consciousness: L’esprit de Liberation, Recobrar la Vida - By Lauren Spiro and Daniel Fisher - October 2009 [Also available as a PDF (66KB, 5 pages)

Consensus Definition of Recovery and 10 Fundamental Components (SAMHSA Brochure)

From Dream to Reality: How Consumers are Driving the Recovery Transformation (34 page PowerPoint presentation)

Take These Broken Wings: Recovery from Schizophrenia Without Medication

Enjoy these brief clips from the remarkable DVD documentary which chronicles the recovery story of best selling author Joanne Greenberg whose fictionalized memoir “I Never Promised You A Rose Garden” rocked the mental health world and placed schizophrenia front and center in public consciousness. The film also features the gripping psychotherapy and recovery of Catherine Penney. Their accounts are interwoven with interviews from internationally renowned giants in the field of schizophrenia recovery.

Joanne Greenberg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dddksUbXuVs

Catherine Penny http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnzIlwLDBY4

Peter Breggin M.D. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3d7bPcw5uM, Author Toxic Psychiatry

Daniel Mackler, LCSW http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IN1yDZqibQQ

Robert Whitaker http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73Dx_uuyXYk, Author Mad in America

Danielle Knafo Ph.D. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9B0Mvo1BGg

Bertran Karon Ph.D. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qj8Kcj1BAno, Author Psychotherapy of Schizophrenia: Treatment of Choice

Ann Silver M.D. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lRk3Mc_u-Q

Daniel Dorman, M.D. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6rsF6w7Ixk

For more on the subject visit www.iraresoul.com, the web site of Daniel Mackler LCSW the film’s director