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New From NEC!
PACE/Recovery through
Peer Support
by Daniel Fisher, MD PhD and Judi Chamberlin

The cost: $69
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Now Available!
PACE/Recovery Reader
by Daniel Fisher, MD PhD, Tom Langan, and Laurie Ahern, Eds.

This selection of articles will be a resource to create a "future when everyone labeled with mental illness can recover," as called for in the New Freedom Commission on Mental Health Report. These readings dispel the false and damaging belief that people labeled with mental illness need to lead lives of endless desperation and broken dreams.

The Cost $30
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PACE: A Recovery Guide
by Laurie Ahern, Eds. and Daniel Fisher, MD PhD
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Now available in Japanese (pdf) Translation by: RACA - Recovery Alternative Change Association

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" We envision a future when everyone
with a mental illness will recover"
--New Freedom Commission on Mental Health, 2003--

Hurricane Katrina/Rita Aftermath Resources

National Consumer Leaders Assist Louisiana Consumers After the Hurricanes - Donations Welcome!

Catherine Penney and Dan Fisher Discuss Recovering From Schizophreniza

New at the NEC website:

The Campaign for Mental Health Reform released a Roadmap for Federal Action on America's Mental Health Crisis, 7/26/05

SAMHSA released its plan to implement the New Freedom Mental Health Commission Report: Federal Action Agenda: First Steps, 7/22/05

NEC Trains California Consumer Leaders

American Association of Community Psychiatrists advocates for recovery

"Psychiatrist to Discuss Recovery"
Hartford Courant Article, April 6, 2005

Recovery Through Empowerment
An Interview with Dr. Fisher published online by Medscape, January 20, 2005

Principles of Recovery (video)
Implementation of Peer Support Programs (video), Handout (pdf) Dr. Fisher’s Presentations at a Conference for VA and non-VA Clinicians and Administrators, October 28-30, 2004

Free SAMHSA Training Series on Mental Health Self-Direction Web-casts

The National Empowerment Center announces that Alternatives 2005, the national mental health conference organized by and for mental health consumers and survivors, will be held at the Hyatt Regency Phoenix, Arizona from October 26 to 30, 2005.