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A Brief History of Stigma

Looking for Ways to Move Beyond Mental Illness Stigma

By: Ashley L. Peterson

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A Brief History of Stigma

Looking for Ways to Move Beyond Mental Illness Stigma

By: Ashley L. Peterson

Stigma can have a huge impact on the lives of people living with mental illness. That needs to change, but how can we make it happen? A Brief History of Stigma explores the past and present of stigma to give a solid basis to examine strategies to reduce stigma and critically evaluate their effectiveness. It also incorporates the author's experiences as a former mental health nurse living with a chronic mental illness. The book is divided into three parts. Part I explores what exactly stigma is, including relevant sociological theory and common stereotypes. Part II looks at some of the contexts in which stigma can occur, including the media and health care. Part III explores different stigma reduction strategies and what the research has to say about their effectiveness. You'll likely be surprised to learn how ineffective certain commonly used strategies are when it comes to changing public attitudes. This book is for anyone who's interested in understanding stigma and making the world a better place for people with mental illness. Together, we can create positive change!

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Mental Health @ Home Books

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1999000897

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9781999000899

Psych Meds Made Simple

How & Why They Do What They Do

By: Ashley L. Peterson

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Psych Meds Made Simple

How & Why They Do What They Do

By: Ashley L. Peterson

People living with mental illness are often left out of the loop when it comes to understanding how exactly medications work. This book will explain pharmacology in a simplified way to help you understand the effects, both positive and negative, of psych meds, and why these effects occur. It's everything you didn't realize you wanted to know about medications! The book begins with the essentials of pharmacology and moves on to cover all the major classes of psychiatric medications. You'll learn why one medication in a particular class might be a better fit for you than another. Are you having weight gain from your medication? You'll find out why, and what other medications might be less likely to have the same side effect. I've pulled together what I've learned in my training as a nurse and (former) pharmacist and years of clinical experience, added in my personal perspective from having taken many of these medications, and distilled it down to the essential elements you need to know to take charge of your own health and illness.

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1999000811

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9781999000813

Making Sense of Psychiatric Diagnosis

Understanding the DSM-5

By: Ashley L. Peterson

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Making Sense of Psychiatric Diagnosis

Understanding the DSM-5

By: Ashley L. Peterson

Making Sense of Psychiatric Diagnosis aims to cut through the misinformation, stigma, and assumptions that surround mental illness and give a clear picture of what mental illness really is. The book pairs diagnostic criteria and descriptions for a variety of mental illnesses in the DSM-5 with nineteen first-hand narrative accounts of what it’s like to live with those conditions. The book is also infused with the author’s own experience as a mental health nurse and person living with depression. With the fusion of diagnostic information, clinical experience, and lived experience, this book offers a unique, well-rounded perspective on the reality of mental illness.

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Mental Health @ Home Books

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1999000838

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9781999000837

Managing the Depression Puzzle

By: Ashley L. Peterson

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Managing the Depression Puzzle

By: Ashley L. Peterson

Managing the Depression Puzzle provides a comprehensive look at how to manage depression. The goal is to provide a wide range of pieces that might fit in your own unique depression puzzle, so you can pick and choose what does fit for you. No one strategy (or set of strategies) is going to work for every individual, but having information about what the options are will put you in a better position to make choices about your mental health. The book begins with an overview of depressive illnesses and subtypes. Strategies for dealing with depression are broken down into illness treatments and wellness promotion strategies. Illness treatment strategies like medication, ECT, and therapy, lift you from sick to less sick. Wellness promotion strategies, including mindfulness and self-care, help boost you up from less sick to well. Finally, the book looks at common issues faced by anyone living with a chronic mental illness. Managing the Depression Puzzle draws on the author's education and experience as a former mental health nurse and pharmacist, as well as personal experience living with treatment-resistant major depressive disorder. The approach is pragmatic, candid, and realistic, with the recognition that depression doesn't happen just one way; it is as unique as you are.

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Mental Health @ Home Books

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1999000870

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9781999000875

NurtureShock

New Thinking About Children

By: Po Bronson,Ashley Merryman

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NurtureShock

New Thinking About Children

By: Po Bronson,Ashley Merryman

In a world of modern, involved, caring parents, why are so many kids aggressive and cruel? Where is intelligence hidden in the brain, and why does that matter? Why do cross-racial friendships decrease in schools that are more integrated? If 98% of kids think lying is morally wrong, then why do 98% of kids lie? What's the single most important thing that helps infants learn language? NurtureShock is a groundbreaking collaboration between award-winning science journalists Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman. They argue that when it comes to children, we've mistaken good intentions for good ideas. With impeccable storytelling and razor-sharp analysis, they demonstrate that many of modern society's strategies for nurturing children are in fact backfiring--because key twists in the science have been overlooked. Nothing like a parenting manual, the authors' work is an insightful exploration of themes and issues that transcend children's (and adults') lives.

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Twelve

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0446563323

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9780446563321

Votes for Women

Celebrating New York's Suffrage Centennial

By: Jennifer A. Lemak,Ashley Hopkins-Benton

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Votes for Women

Celebrating New York's Suffrage Centennial

By: Jennifer A. Lemak,Ashley Hopkins-Benton

The work for women's suffrage started more than seventy years before the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment at the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848 when Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, and one hundred supporters signed the Declaration of Sentiments asserting that "all men and women are created equal." This convention served as a catalyst for debates and action on both the national and state levels, and on November 6, 1917, New York State passed the referendum for women's suffrage. Its passing in New York signaled that the national passage of suffrage would soon follow. On August 18, 1920, "Votes for Women" was constitutionally granted. Votes for Women, an exhibition catalog, celebrates the pivotal role the state played in the struggle for equal rights in the nineteenth century, the campaign for New York State suffrage, and the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment. It highlights the nationally significant role of state leaders in regards to women's rights and the feminist movement through the early twenty-first century and includes focused essays from historians on the various aspects of the suffrage and equal rights movements around New York, providing greater detail about local stories with statewide significance. The exhibition of the same name, on display at the New York State Museum beginning November 2017, features artifacts from the New York State Museum, Library, and Archives, as well as historical institutions and private collections across the state.

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State University of New York Press

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143846732X

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9781438467320

Forensic Metrology

Scientific Measurement and Inference for Lawyers, Judges, and Criminalists

By: Ted Vosk,Ashley F. Emery

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Forensic Metrology

Scientific Measurement and Inference for Lawyers, Judges, and Criminalists

By: Ted Vosk,Ashley F. Emery

Forensic metrology is the application of scientific measurement to the investigation and prosecution of crime. Forensic measurements are relied upon to determine breath and blood alcohol and drug concentrations, weigh seized drugs, perform accident reconstruction, and for many other applications. Forensic metrology provides a basic framework for th

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CRC Press

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143982620X

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9781439826201

Book's by Ashley L. Peterson

A Brief History of Stigma

A Brief History of Stigma

Psych Meds Made Simple

Psych Meds Made Simple

Making Sense of Psychiatric Diagnosis

Making Sense of Psychiatric Diagnosis

Managing the Depression Puzzle

Managing the Depression Puzzle

NurtureShock

NurtureShock

Votes for Women

Votes for Women

Forensic Metrology

Forensic Metrology

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