LifeSIGNS :: SI Books

Yes, we've got some Book Reviews for you to read, and recommended books for you to buy online!

Draft Mental Health Bill Criticised

Latest update on bill suggests that the proposed mental health reform is doomed.



http://society.guardian.co.uk/mentalhealth/story/0,8150,1443679,00.html

Exercise 'could tackle depression'

Says the Mental Health Foundation.

Read the full story.

Chronic Invalidation

An article from the March 2005 LifeSIGNS Newsletter is available in audio format (mp3) for you to download and listen to.

Chronic Invalidation MP3 2.8MB (quite big)

Right click the link above and select 'Save' to download it to your desktop, you can then play it in iTunes or Winamp, whatever you like.

BBC Video

Lea, a member of LifeSIGNS, has been interviewed by a local BBC journalist, and a realplayer video is available.

View Lea's BBC page

More Training Delivered

I seem to have been busy!

On Saturday I attended the National Nightline Conference, and gave two, hour long talks and took questions from the audience of trained Phone Listeners.

My fellow LifeSIGNS Directors, Danny and Zoe also attended by chance, and so I was delivering training under their watchful eyes!

Then today, Monday, I delivered training to Medical Students at a Teaching Hospital.

All three of my SI Awareness talks provoked emotional reactions, and as challenging as learning about self injury is, I accept that it can be distressing to hear about; sometimes it can be depressing, but through training, general awareness and the excellent services that are provided by these Listeners and Medical people, I have faith that their is hope for the future.

It is my privilidge to be a part of the improved awareness about self injury.

For further Training details, see the LifeSIGNS Training Brochure.

Third Interim Report from the National Enquiry into Self Harm was published today. Entitled "Closed Settings, Closed Minds? - Young People Who Self-harm", it reveals that professionals in residential settings need to better understand self-harm.

http://www.selfharmUK.org

LifeSIGNS :: Self Injury Awareness Booklet 2005

The 2005 edition is released as a 'Pre-Print' approved draft, meaning, the format of it will change before we print it this week, but the content will stay the same.

LifeSIGNS :: Self Injury Awareness Day

We intend to re-release the LifeSIGNS SI Awareness Booklet annually on Marcj the first; this years' release is delayed by a few hours, due to the amount of work I have to do on the 2005 edition!

Sorry to keep you, I do apologise for my misjudged workload, but I expect I'll have the revamped, bigger than ever, booklet out by midnight 1st of March!

So, visit us tomorrow for your new version.

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