Alternative Health Options

Radical Mental Health 

• Friends Make the Best Medicine: A Guide to Creating Community Mental Health Support Networks, assembled by The Icarus Project

• Navigating Crisis, by The Icarus Project.

• Navigating the Space Between Brilliance and Madness Reader, published by the Icarus Project

DIY Health Knowledge

• Hesperian Health Guides – publishes “Where There is No Doctor”, “Where there is no Dentist”, and “Where Women have no Doctor” and has great do-it-yourself health info downloadable for free
• Dental health information online

BODY IMAGE!

• Redefining Body Image 
  
• National Eating Disorders Association
• The Fat Nutritionist
  
• Body Love Resources  by Dianne Sylvan – awesome collection of body positive books and websites
  
• Books: 

       Health at Every Size  by Linda Bacon – absolutely essential reading for larger people (or anyone) who wants to           live a healthier lifestyle without obsessing over weight.
     The Body Sacred by Dianne Sylvan
     Fat!So by Marilyn Wann
     Lessons from the Fat-o-Sphere: Quit Dieting and Declare a Truce With Your Body by Kate Harding
     Big Big Love, Revised: A Sex and Relationships Guide for People of Size (and Those Who Love Them) by Hanne Blank
     Megayoga by Megan Garcia