CAMH brings out various kinds of resources (posters, booklets, publications) in mental health. We are aiming that these resources will be people centered and woman-sensitive in perspective. The publications are especially meant for community and NGO use, giving a framework for understanding as well as encouraging affirmative action in community mental health. Many of them can be used in community training programs, as they are rich in case studies, study themes and reflective questions for debate and discussion.

Our publications reflect a social and human rights perspective in mental health. Our sources for the community publications are the following:

	Our workshop proceedings and research reports
	Our library, research papers and documentation files (consisting of newspaper clippings, interviews and journal articles)
	In-house capacity building programs and activities we regularly organize with various resource persons on specific topics
	Our structured and situational research, group discussions and interactions with women, NGOs, field visits and field work

We have the view that our publications must reflect, as much as possible, community perceptions and practices in mental health. To achieve this aim, we do self-consciously address methodology issues, in the process of building up a publication. Doing participatory workshops and group discussions, collecting narratives, case studies and ethnographies, doing interviews, using creative / critical literature in the mental health context, organising resource person interactions, field visits and desk work have been used as methodologies for our publications. All our publications are peer-reviewed by external resource persons. Dissemination or field-testing workshops are also conducted before finalizing the materials.

We strive to keep our booklets informative, reflective, experience-rich and also playful. We avoid stigma reinforcing illustrations and drawings.

CAMH Publications
	General Hospital Psychiatric Units and Rehabilitation Centres in India: Do Law and Public Policy Present Barriers to Community-Based Mental Health Services?
	Gender and Mental Health, a Report, 2006
	First Person Stories (Oral Histories Archive)
	Healing from Violence - A Counseling Manual
	Life behind walls…
	Bijli: Treating mental disorders
	Mental health, childbirth and pregnancy: Evidence
	Reproductive health and mental health: A book of abstracts
	Alternative Mental Health: A report of a Workshop
	A Directory of mental health services in Pune city
	(2003) (with Tathapi Trust) "Striya ani manasik aarogya… ek suruvath"
	(2002) (with Tathapi Trust) "Women and mental health: a beginning…
Other printed materials
	JMAA Posters
	Greeting Cards
	Posters