Paul Kauffman - Odysseus Labours: A Rehabilitation and Recovery Guide for Those Who Have a Mental Illness and Their Carers

Odysseus Labours

A Rehabilitation and Recovery Guide
for Those Who Have a Mental Illness and Their Carers

by

Paul Kauffman and Rupert Gerritsen

Foreword by Mary Porter AM MLA

Preface by the Hon Gary Humphries

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Copyright 2018 Paul Kauffman and Rupert Gerritsen

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Cover David Pereira 2017 (courtesy David Pereira)

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Second edition 2018, with a contribution by John Corcoran M.Sc. (Clin. Psych) Canberra (includes ten year outcomes of case-studies). Mental Health Foundation, Canberra.

First edition launched with a Bach recital by cellist David Pereira. David has produced 27 compact discs with the Tall Poppies label. His journey is also described in this book.

Subject matter: mental illness, bipolar, obsessive-compulsive disorder, schizophrenia, recovery from mental illness, psychiatric care, housing, employment discrimination, sex abuse compensation, family manual, David Pereira.

For more information on mental health please visitwww.mhf.org.au

This book provides a wealth of practical information from persons with many years experience in facing challenges in this area and devising ways to overcome those challenges. Recommended for family doctors and other health personnel who are often on the front line of treating sufferers of mental illness and hearing their stories.

Dr Denise Kraus, MBBS, FRACGP, M.Forensic Med & Dr Paul Appleton MBBS, DipRACOG FRACGP FACRRM, Canberra Australia

A magnificent and invaluable guide for anyone unfortunate enough personally, or through a relative or friend, to experience extreme mental illness. The book provides a handbook of practical advice on many topics and also explains:

how to identify and obtain the best medical and psychiatric care,

how to obtain suitable housing,

what to do if a friend or relative is sacked after developing a mental illness, particularly if work related, (Appendix B2),

David Pereiras perceptive description of suffering a mental illness (Appendix B2),

how to navigate the pitfalls of the National Disability Insurance Scheme, (Appendix I) and

in sex abuse, how to obtain adequate compensation from a powerful institution (Appendix H).

Professor Rolf Gerristen, Charles Darwin University

What an astonishing and positive outcome of a grueling campaign, Paul. I am delighted to receive this news, and wish you and R019738 the very best for your futures.

Warmly,

Professor Michael Jackson, Harvard University USA

I am glad that the situation with R019738 is resolved.

Professor Harold Koenig, MD Duke University USA

An excellent resource.

Jodie Gerritsen, Solicitor, Robinson Gill Lawyers

A wonderful and practical assistance for so many.

Professor Christopher Corns, Law, La Trobe University

Grasp with both hands

Gift of time

Spin dreams

Wonderful dreams

From the poem Trapped by Mary Kirkland Wilson

Sing to me of the man, Muse, the man of twists and turns

Driven time and again off course

Many cities of men he saw and learned their minds,

many pains he suffered, heartsick on the open sea, fighting to save his life and bring his comrades home.

From The Odyssey 1.1-6 by Homer 700 B.C.

Dr Paul Kauffman is an Adjunct Professor at the National Institute for Governance at the University of Canberra who has administered national health and housing programs. He has a doctorate from the Australian National University and has also undertaken research on public policy issues in Canada and Europe. He has published books on Indigenous and multicultural affairs in four countries and published extensively on severe mental illnesses. He has also been a pro bono carer for many years.

Rupert Gerritsen was Team Leader, Community Information and Education with the Mental Health Foundation. He hails from Western Australia where he worked with Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal young people, people with mental health problems, the homeless, and the community through drop-in centres, worker cooperatives, housing cooperatives, early intervention programs, outreach programs and youth employment programs. He has researched and published extensively in social issues, history, historical ethnography, historical linguistics, and archaeology, and has edited an international journal. The Mental Health Foundation delivers a range of high quality services for people with a mental illness and their carers, engages in mental health promotion and fosters consumer and carer participation.

John Corcoran M.Psych is Principal of Psychology ACT which has operated for over 20 years in Canberra and he has been Ms psychologist for over 12 years.

The views expressed in this publication are those of the authors and not of any organisation(s) or company.

Please direct any comments, suggestions or additional information for inclusion in future editions, including information on other jurisdictions for publication in later editions, to:

Dr Denise Kraus (left) Dr Paul Kauffman & Jan Kauffman April 2018

We would like to thank the following people who have assisted us and many other people in the ACT in various ways over many years.

Dr Les Drew MBBS; Professor Kathy Griffiths; Dr Paul Hamilton MBBS; Dr Jean Hollis MBBS; Professor Harold Koenig MD (Duke University); Dr Denise Kraus MBBS; Dr Robert Llwellyn-Jones MBBS; Professor Tim Lambert MD; Professor Patrick McGorry MBBS AO; Dr Bruce Lean MBBS; Dr Clive Roger McLennan MBBS; Psychology ACT (John Corcoran M.Sci Clin. Psych); Dr Kalyana Rodrigo MBBS; Dr Stephen Rosenmann MBBS; Dr John Saboisky MBBS; Dr Joseph Stoklosa MD and Dr Florian Wettenmeyer MBBS.

ACT CISM (Karen Ott); ACT MHCN (Maureen Bell, Prue Borrman, Leanne Craze, David Lovegrove); Barnardos (Annette Egerton); Belconnen Community Service (Sally Patterson, Ineke Wylde); Calwell Community Centre (Lydia Graham); Canberra Institutee of Technology (Jenny Thompson); Carers ACT (Jan Agnew, Katina Ellis, Jeannine Koochew, Carol Mead); Centacare (Rosemary Agnew, Anne Kirwan, Leigh Mann, Jill Wright-Young); Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (Jenny Fotherrill) Community Connections (Brenda Field, Brenda Malcolm); DUO (Sudheera de Silva, Annie Cheng) FaBRiC (Cheryl Daw); GROW (Trish Pullen, Petra Solazzini); Inanna (Robyn Sirr, Winsome Willow); Lifeline (Lisa Kelly); Reverend Dave McLennan; Mental Health Foundation (Mary Gays); Mental Illness Foundation (Maureen Hickman); Mental Illness Fellowship (Bernette Redwood); Mental Illness Fellowship (Ian Morrison); MIEACT (Margy Wylde-Browne); Northside Community Service (Stephen Larcombe); Ozhelp (Glenn Baird, Tracey Radborne, Keith Todd); Respite Care ACT (Paul Bartholemew, Melissa Lee); Richmond Fellowship (Heide Seaman); Skills for Carers (Karen Noble); Southside Community Services (Vicky Moseley); Toora Women Inc (Penny Becker); Woden Community Service (Jacqueline Paul, Chris Redmond); Workways (Kristy Elias, Lisa McPherson-Sturt); Sheelah Egan; ADACAS; Andy Hardwicke (MHACT); Victims Service (Anne Barrie); VYNE (Irmgard Reid); Simone-Maree Spano and Debbie Watson (editor) and Wellways (Adrienne Gross; Cyrus Smith).