Support

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You may want to discuss treatment options or experiences of treatments with other relatives by posting on the REACT GROUP.

Alternatively you might want to discuss your experiences with the REACT Supporter. They can listen to your experiences and help you think about which bits of REACT might be most helpful to go to next.

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Recommended Resources

The Resource Directory lists these resources and more but some websites which you may find useful include:

There are factsheets on Rethink about medication choices and different types of medication.

These websites give information on specific medication: www.medicines.org.uk/emc/ or www.chooseyourmedication.org

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence recommends treatments that you and your relative or close friend should be offered, the website is: www.nice.org.uk

You may find some of these books useful for the following topics:

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy:
Think You’re Crazy? Think Again: A Resource Book for Cognitive Therapy for Psychosis. Morrison, A. P., Renton, J., French, P. & Bentall, R. 2008. Routledge, London.

Family Therapy:
A Casebook of Family Interventions for Psychosis. Lobban, F. & Barrowclough, C. (eds). 2009. Wiley & Sons Ltd., Chichester.

Medication:
Doctoring the Mind. Bentall, R. 2010. Allen Lane, London.