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Autore: |
LeCroy Craig W
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Titolo: |
First person accounts of mental illness and recovery / / edited by Craig Winston LeCroy, Jane Holschuh
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Pubblicazione: | Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, c2012 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (514 p.) |
Disciplina: | 616.89 |
Soggetto topico: | Mental illness |
Mentally ill | |
Altri autori: |
HolschuhJane
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Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | FIRST PERSON ACCOUNTS OF MENTAL ILLNESS AND RECOVERY; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction More Than a Diagnosis: First Person Accounts of Mental Illness and Recovery; Motives and Purposes of First Person Accounts; Emerging Themes; Definitions and Diagnosis; Limitations and a Note to Students; References; About the Editors; 1 Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders; Introduction; Questions for Reflection; References; Schizophrenia; The Best Medicine; Recovery as Discovery; Acknowledgments; Understanding Health as a Continuum |
Psychiatry and Oppression: A Personal Account of Compulsory Admission and Medical TreatmentHearing Voices: A Personal Story; References; Powerful Choices: Peer Support and Individualized Medication Self-Determination; Introduction; Reclaiming Dreams; Peer Support as an Evidence-Based Practice; The Importance of Choices; The Choice of Medication; Medication Issues, Peer Support, and Self-Determination; Acknowledgments; References; Schizoaffective Disorder; Snapshots: The First Symptoms of Psychosis; June 2002; August 2002; September 2002; October 2002 | |
Why Having a Mental Illness Is Not Like Having DiabetesHospital Experience; Attitude of Family and Friends; The Disease Course; Treatment; References; 2 Mood Disorders; IntroductIon; Questions for Reflection; References; Depressive Disorders; Depression: Disease, Loneliness, Social Isolation, Suicide, Negative Thoughts ...; My Confession: My Life Had Come to a Stop; Willow Weep for Me-A Black Woman's Journey Through Depression; I Wish I Had Gotten Help Sooner: My Struggle With Postpartum Depression; My Journey Through Postpartum Depression; Bipolar Disorders | |
Living With the Dragon: The Long Road to Self-Management of Bipolar IIMy Journey Had Truly Begun; Before Things Get Better They Sometimes Get Worse; As My Eyes Meet Those of the Dragon It Realises That I Am Going to Kill It and, for the First Time in My Life, It Is Scared; References; On Madness: A Personal Account of Rapid Cycling Bipolar Disorder; What Is It Like to Live With This Condition on a Day-by-Day Basis?; Random Scribblings on Bipolar Disorder; 20:20 Hindsight-Monday, November 19, 2007; Becoming the Ups and Downs-Monday, November 19, 2007; Dark Winter Days-February 2009 | |
Stress: Our Worst Enemy-February 2008Finding Sense in It All-May 2008; The Mind's Sense of Freedom-June 2008; Consistency is Key-February 2008; Being Bipolar: Living on Both Sides of the Coin; 3 Anxiety Disorders; Introduction; Questions for Reflection; References; Panic Disorder; You Have Anxiety?; Susan's Story; Phobias; On the Outside Looking In; Mysophobia; Food Anxiety; Other Germs; Cleaning; Family and Friends; Feelings; How Others Can Help; Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD ); Flux; Example of the Hand-Washing Dilemma; Practicing Imperfection; The Cognitive Maze | |
Suspension of Disbelief | |
Sommario/riassunto: | In First Person Accounts of Mental Illness, case studies of individuals experiencing schizophrenia, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, personality disorders, substance use disorders, and other mental ailments will be provided for students studying the classification and treatment of psychopathology. All of the cases are written from the perspective of the mentally ill individual, providing readers with a unique perspective of the experience of living with a mental disorder. ""In their book First Person Accounts of Mental Illness and Recovery, LeCroy and Holschuh offer the student, res |
Titolo autorizzato: | First person accounts of mental illness and recovery ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-283-60394-2 |
9786613916396 | |
1-118-22024-2 | |
1-118-23393-X | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910827689303321 |
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