Recovery Support

Recovery Support, recoverysupport.wordpress.com, is a blog for peer specialists working in mental health. The blog began on October 1, 2007 and is written by a peer specialist working in Pennsylvania with a diagnosis of bipolar and symptoms of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

The blog entries themselves are in a very lively, candid tone and discuss everything from ‘self cutting’ to ‘introversion’ and ‘mental illness’. At present, the blog entries are getting anywhere from 1-4 comments for discussion. I found them very conversational and engaging and had no problem reading them all.

Other than the blog entries, the blog also offers links to articles, resources and organizations, a long list of links to other blogs on mental illness, psychiatry, c/s/x activism, and mental health law, and a section called ‘toolbox’ that offers links to practical tools for peer support work, such as goal plans, nutrition programs, mood charts and anger diaries. Although this is a new blog, the content is well organized and informational.






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