There is a range of resources for families available that deal with issues of mental health. The following list is a selection of these.
For Parents: Making Time to Talk: Advice for parents with mental illness. National Schizophrenia Fellowship, Scotland. See www.nsfscot.org.au
The Best of Times, The Worst of Times - Our Family's Journey with Bipolar Penelope Rowe & Jessica Rowe, Allen & Unwin, $24.95pb.
Children of Parents with Mental Illness and Children of Parents with a Mental Illness: Clinical Perspectives, Cowling, V, (Ed.) (1999). Melbourne: ACER (Australian Council of Educational Research)
Life on a Rollercoaster Kelly, M. (2000). Melbourne: Simon & Schuster.
Parenting Well When You’re Depressed: A Complete Resource for Maintaining a Healthy Family Nicholson, J., Henry, A.D., Clayfield, J.C. & Phillips, S.M. (2001). Oakland: New Harbinger.
The Optimistic Child: Proven Progam to Safeguard Children From Depression and Build Lifelong Resilience, Seligman, Martin E.P., Random House (1996)
A revolutionary approach to raising resilient children.
Working with children in groups - A handbook for counsellors, educators and community workers, Kathryn Geldard and David Geldard, Palgrave Macmillan (2001)
A bible for people wanting to run groups for children.
Out of the Shadows, Catherine E Camden-Pratt (2006), Finch Publishing. Ph: (02) 9418 6247. Web: www.finch.com.au . Price: $24.95
For a further list of relevant resources, please see http://www.copmi.net.au/jsp/resources/resource_index.html
