title: Self-help: helping myself towards recovery.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  I have used my own experiences of mental ill health and self help techniques to write a piece which is essentially an experiential account of my recovery journey
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  My aim is to illustrate with my own experiences the way in which self-help techniques have helped and hindered me.
  
  
  METHODS
  I have used a biographical narrative approach.
  
  
  RESULTS
  My results are that different types of self-help work for different people.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The conclusions which I have drawn are that choice is important and that mainstream services augmented by self-help services can give the best of both worlds.
authors: The Spectrum Centre for Mental Health Research, Lancaster University, UK. d.mayes@lancaster.ac.uk
authors: Debbie
authors: D
authors: Mayes
mesh_terms: D005081:Exercise Therapy / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D019122:Meditation / Q000523:psychology; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D012648:Self Care