Recovering Your Mental Health - Introduction

Table of Contents

1. Foreword
2. Introduction
3. Taking A Look At Yourself
4. Things To Remember
5. What To Do If Your Symptoms Are Very Serious
6. Getting Health Care
7. Your Health Care Rights
8. Using Medications
9. Additional Things You Can Do Right Away to Help Yourself Feel Better
10. Things To Do When You Are Feeling Better To Keep Yourself Well
11. Further Resources

Introduction

If you have troubling, uncomfortable, or severe emotional or psychiatric symptoms, this booklet contains helpful information on things you can do to help yourself feel better. It is complementary to, and not a replacement for, your professional treatment. Never stop taking medications without careful consideration and without getting the advice of your physician and other supporters. Never abruptly stop any medication. There are protocols which must be followed in stopping or changing medications.

Not all of the ideas in this booklet will work for everyone--use the ones that feel right to you. If something doesn't sound right to you, skip over it. However, try not to dismiss anything before you have considered it.

The term health care provider in this booklet refers to any person or people you have chosen to provide you with health care.

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