Developing Resilience: Top 5 Tips for Parents of Autistic teens
Announcing the second book in the Parents’ Practical Guide to Resilience range, authors Jeanette Purkis & Emma Goodall take us through their top tips for…
Category: Mental health
Blog posts, articles, think-pieces and Q&A’s presented by Jessica Kingsley Publishers and associated authors on and around the subject of mental health.
A Look Inside the Illustrations of The Mermaid Who Couldn’t
To celebrate the launch of Ali Redford’s The Mermaid Who Couldn’t, artist Kara Simpson talks us through how she created and compiled the beautifully rich…
PDA by PDAers
Fittingly, Sally Cat’s first ever blog piece is about her first book, PDA by PDAers, which is out now. Here, she describes how the online…
Weight Expectations: One Man’s Recovery from Anorexia – Extract
Ahead of its publication next month, here is an exclusive extract from Dave Chawner’s upcoming title Weight Expectations: One Man’s Recovery from Anorexia. This extract…
Why can’t people talk about their mental health?
Dave Chawner, author of Weight Expectations, is a mental health campaigner, an award winning stand-up comedian and anorexia survivor. In this blog, he addresses the stigma around…
Focusing on Children With an Incarcerated Parent by Judi Goozh and Sue Jeweler
Judi Goozh is a retired award-winning speech-language pathologist. Sue Jeweler is a retired award-winning, Who’s Who listed teacher. Judi and Sue were nominated for the 2013 White House…
Stress: Being Masculine About It Doesn’t Really Help
Michael Maitland is the author of Out Of The Madhouse and is an ambassador for the teen mental health charity, Stem 4. He has struggled with mental…
Are you feeling stressed out by exams?
Try this simple worksheet to help you defeat your exam stress gremlin. Rooted in cognitive behavioural therapy, it will train you to change the way…
The Essential Guide for Newly Qualified Occupational Therapists – Extract
The Essential Guide for Newly Qualified Occupational Therapists makes the transition to practice go smoothly. It includes models and advice for working in diverse contexts,…
Can reading improve your mental health?
James Withey, author of The Recovery Letters, has written an article about the power of reading and how it can make a huge difference in…