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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812772203321

Titolo

Mental illness in the family : issues and trends / / edited by Beverley Abosh and April Collins

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1996

©1996

ISBN

1-282-04553-9

9786612045530

1-4426-7724-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (172 p.)

Collana

Heritage

Disciplina

362.2/0422

Soggetti

Mentally ill - Family relationships

Families - Mental health

Family social work

Families - Mental health services

Children of the mentally ill

Conference papers and proceedings.

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

What Do Patients Say about Program Planning? Perspectives from the Patient-Authored Literature / Leona Bachrach -- Families and Mental Illness: What Have We Learned? / Froma Walsh -- Reconceptualizing the Relationship among Families, Mental Illness, and the Mental Health System / John Trainor -- Shifting Domains of Illness Management: A Model of Familial Relationships in Families with a Mentally Ill Relative / Dale Butterill and Jane Paterson -- Out of the Ashes of Mental Illness ... A New Life / Agnes B. Hatfield -- From 'Mad' to 'Bad': Helping Families Cope with Mental Illness and the Criminal Justice System / Marlene Swirsky -- The Loss of a Child to Mental Illness / April Collins -- The Forgotten Sibling / Dave Denberg -- The Impact of Parental Affective Disorders on Families / Tatyana Barankin and Myrna Greenberg -- Mental Illness and Parenting Capacity: Assessing for Risk and Planning



for Children / Christina Bartha and Luis Goncalves.

Sommario/riassunto

Mental Illness in the Family traces the development of treatment approaches with families of the mentally ill over the past three decades. The essays in this book reflect the work of clinicians currently dealing with families in a variety of settings and from a number of perspectives. Topics covered include patients' views on programs for the mentally ill, the needs of families coming to terms with the mental illness of a family member, 'the forgotten sibling, ' the concept of grief, the confusion that a family member can experience when dealing simultaneously with the mental health and the criminal justice systems, and the effect of parental mental illness on young children. This volume will be of particular interest to social workers, clinical psychiatrists, psychologists, and other mental health professionals who work primarily with individuals and families who have been affected by major mental illness.