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•	Anxiety Disorders

•	Children's Mental Health

•	Coping with Disaster

•	Depression and Bipolar Disorder

•	Eating Disorders

•	General Mental Health Issues

•	Older Adults

•	Other Mental Illnesses

•	Recovery

•	Research Studies

•	Schizophrenia

•	Strengthening Families

•	Substance Abuse

•	Suicide

•	Treatment

Recovery

What is Dialogue for Recovery?
Dialogue for Recovery is a new NMHA program, aimed at enhancing communication between doctors and patients about treatment goals, medication side-effects and other quality of life issues affecting the recovery of individuals diagnosed with serious mental illness. With a Dialogue for Recovery, consumers of mental health services and their doctors can find the right combination of medications and community support that will best serve these individuals in their recovery.

Why is there a need for Dialogue for Recovery?
NMHA developed Dialogue for Recovery to raise awareness of the need for regular communication between patients and doctors about medication side-effects.

What are the components of the Dialogue for Recovery program?
The Dialogue for Recovery program utilizes several resources to facilitate communication between patients and their doctors.

A new, user-friendly tool, called the Antipsychotic Side-effects Checklist, or ASC. ASC is designed to help patients and their doctors easily identify and communicate about medication side-effects by encouraging them to "ASC" the right questions, so they can determine which side-effects are most bothersome and whether the treatment needs to be modified.
Other program components include: a brochure and wallet card on how patients can discuss side-effects with their physicians, a physician fact sheet, a family and friends guide, and a video featuring patients building relationships with their physicians and on their road to recovery.
After a Diagnosis*
Psychiatric Advance Directives*
Support Services for Recovery*
TreatmentOptions for Recovery*

About Dialogue for Recovery - Overview*

Consumers

Family & Friends

Giving Support to Someone Close to You - Family and Friends Guide*

Healthcare Provider

Ordering information

*requires Adobe Acrobat

To order or more information please contact 800-969-NMHA (6642) or infoctr@nmha.org.

Making the Journey of Recovery
"The journey of recovery is through choice and action."

Andrea Hercha-Schmook, recovered from paranoid schizophrenia, schizoid affective disorder, and manic depression, Anchorage, Alaska

The journey of recovery is not always simple. It varies from person to person and presents many challenges. But there is more reason than ever to choose it. While everyone must find his or her own way, this brochure provides helpful tips on starting and continuing on your journey of recovery. It also offers words of hope from other people who have made or are making that journey.

Brochures available for free plus shipping and handling charges or Download the brochure in Adobe Acrobat format.

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For more information about the National Mental Health Association or additional resources, please call 1-800-969-NMHA (6642) or visit our website resource center.