National Therapeutic Recreation Week
July 11-17, 2004

Featured Publications

Recovering Your Mental Health: A Self-help Guide
This booklet offers tips for understanding symptoms of depression and other conditions and for getting help. Also covers the advantages of counseling, available medications, options for professional help, relaxation techniques, and paths to "positive thinking."
Publication Number: SMA-3504

Alternative Approaches to Mental Health Care
This fact sheet describes art therapy, self-help, and technology-based therapies that emphasize the relationship between mind, body, and spirit.
Publication Number: KEN98-0044

Choosing the Right Mental Health Therapist
This fact sheet outlines 10 steps to finding the best therapist, based on an individual's mental health needs and circumstances.
Publication Number: KEN98-0046

Recovering Your Mental Health: Action Planning for Prevention and Recovery - A Self-help Guide
This guide, one in a series of seven mental health self-help booklets, discusses strategies to help individuals learn how to consistently do that help in their recovery. Also provides additional resources.
Publication Number: SMA-3720

Traditional Therapies
This fact sheet describes the methods most commonly used by mental health professionals, including behavioral therapy, medications, and psychodynamic psychotherapy.
Publication Number: KEN98-0053