Patrick W. Corrigan Boeken

All photographers, both amateur and professional, are faced with the important issues of data protection and storage. Without knowledge of the options, tools, and procedures for safe and effective image protection and storage, photographers run the serious risk of losing their image files. This book offers critical information about the best hardware, software, procedures, and practices for capturing, storing, and preserving images and other data.This book explains current data protection and storage technologies in everyday terms. It describes effective procedures for protecting data, from capture to backup and archiving. Descriptions of specific products applicable to Windows, MacOS, and Linux systems are provided.

Focusing on the shift towards community-based care for individuals with mental illness, this book emphasizes the importance of respecting personal health care decisions. It highlights the benefits of empowering clients in their recovery journey rather than enforcing adherence to treatment. Contributors present evidence-based practices that promote self-determination, such as advance psychiatric directives and motivational interviewing. Rich examples of consumer-provider interactions illustrate effective strategies for instilling hope and fostering collaborative goal-setting and decision-making.

In The Stigma Effect, psychologist Patrick W. Corrigan examines the unintended consequences of mental health campaigns and proposes new policies in their place. He argues that effective strategies require leadership by those with lived experience, as their stories replace ideas of incompetence and dangerousness with ones of hope and empowerment.

When Tobias loses his favourite teddy bear, Richmond, whilst on holiday at the beach, he soon discovers that a young girl has found him. At first, Tobias is desperate to get Richmond back, but when he sees how sad the girl is once he's retrieved Richmond, he comes to learn the value of sharing and comes up with a plan to send Richmond to the girl.