Mental Health @ Home
Mental Health @ Home Books
Titles from MH@H Books and Ashley L. Peterson:
Ashley L. Peterson
Welcome to Mental Health @ Home! I’m Ashley L. Peterson, creator of this blog and author of the titles published by MH@H Books.
I worked as a mental health nurse for 15 years, working primarily with people with serious and persistent mental illness in hospital and community settings. I was a pharmacist prior to that. I was first diagnosed with major depressive disorder in 2007, and since then, I’ve been passionate about sharing my own experiences to generate open conversations about mental illness.
About the Blog
Mental health begins at home—your place of strength, stability, and support.
Wondering where to start? Visit the blog index, or you can find the latest blog posts here.
MH@H takes a no-holds-barred look at a wide variety of issues related to mental health and illness. It draws on my dual perspectives as a former mental health professional and person living with treatment-resistant major depressive disorder. The approach is candid, pragmatic, and anti-BS.
The goal is to raise awareness about mental illness, provide information on a broad range of mental health issues, and create a community where people can feel comfortable speaking openly about mental health without fear of judgment.
MH@H published weekly mental health book reviews, including reviews of books by indie authors.
Stigma reduction is a recurring theme on MH@H. Find out more on the Stop the Stigma page.
I developed the rainbow model to capture some of the complexity of mental illness symptoms and level of functioning.
The Resources page has mini-ebooks, guided journals, and other downloadable tools.
The Straight Talk on Suicide Prevention page has info & resources from someone who’s been there.
First, there was spoon theory, then fork theory. But why stop there? Find out more about the whole mental illness cutlery drawer.
The COVID-19/Mental Health Coping Toolkit has a variety of helpful resources.
The Mental Health Resource Directory has links to some of the best mental health websites & apps I’ve found.
The Psych Meds 101 series covers anxiolytics | antidepressants | antipsychotics | mood stabilizers | sleep meds
