Aspies on mental health speaking for ourselves /: speaking for ourselves. (2011)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: [edited by] Luke Beardon and Dean Worton.
• Other Names: Beardon, Luke; Worton, Dean
• Contents: Mental health services and me : what worked, and what didn't / Janet Christmas -- Coping with depression : positive advice for Aspies / Debbie Allen -- My fur-lined bucket : alternative methods of dealing with mental health issues / E. Veronica Bliss -- This Aspie life : the undiagnosed Aspie experience / 8ball -- A colourful rainbow : embracing autism as a neurological difference, rather than a mental health disorder / Melanie Smith -- Getting the right diagnosis, and its impact on mental health : is this the best the NHS can do? / Cornish -- Positive mental attitude: coping with setbacks, knowing your own strengths, and finding happiness any way you can / Dean Worton -- "It's all in your head" : the dangers of misdiagnosis / Neil Shepherd -- A fairytale life it isn't (AKA Chapter 9) : alcohol, self-harm, and the benefits of exercise / Alexandra Brown -- "Getting my life back" : a mother's struggle to get mental health services for herself and her son / Anne Henderson -- A week in the life of : strategies for maintaining mental health as an Aspie / Steve Jarvis -- My plastic bubble : dealing with depression, anxiety, and low self-confidence / Wendy Lim -- The art of being content : Asperger syndrome, buddhism, and me / Chris Mitchell -- A journey looking for answers about the way I am / Anthony Sclafani -- A label that fits : diagnoses, self-harm, and mental health / Natasha Goldthorpe -- Through the looking glass into Lynette land : making humour work / Lynette Marshall -- Mental health and the workplace : dealing with criticism, coping with stress, and taking control of your environment / Christopher Wilson.
• Publisher Details: London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Publication Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource (192 pages.)
• Subjects: 616.85/8832; PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Autism Spectrum Disorders; Asperger's syndrome -- Patients -- Biography; Asperger Syndrome -- complications; Asperger Syndrome -- psychology; Adaptation, Psychological; Adult; Mental Health Services; Social Support; Asperger's syndrome -- Patients; Aspergers syndrom -- patienter -- biografi; Mental Health Services; Autobiography; Biography
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780857002877; 0857002872
• Related ISBNs: 9781849051521; 1849051526
• Notes: Note: Description based on print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.