Coping With Mental Illness In The Family

Author : Yuko Kawanishi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2007-12-11
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781136770678

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Families Coping with Mental Illness by Yuko Kawanishi Pdf

When someone develops a mental illness, the impact on the family is often profound. The most common treatment processes, however, focus on the patient while the loved ones are relegated to subordinate roles and sometimes even viewed as barriers to effective recovery. Families Coping with Mental Illness approaches these issues from the family's perspective, studying how they react to initial diagnosis, adjust to new circumstances, and cope with the situation. Through her own original research in the United States and Japan, Kawanishi presents a cross-cultural experience of mental illness that examine both psychological and sociological issues, making this book suitable to all international fields engaging with diversity and mental health. Including first-hand accounts along with analysis and discussion, Kawanishi gives voice to family members and adeptly identifies universal themes of resilience, adaptability, and strength of the family unit. This innovative text offers a unique viewpoint that will appeal to a wide audience of professionals and non-professionals from a variety of backgrounds.

Author : Agnes B. Hatfield
Publisher : National Alliance for the
Page : 65 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Mental illness.
ISBN : 1564870006

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Coping with Mental Illness in the Family by Agnes B. Hatfield Pdf

Author : Kim T. Mueser,Susan Gingerich
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Psychology
ISBN : UOM:39015056247557

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Coping with Schizophrenia by Kim T. Mueser,Susan Gingerich Pdf

Coping with schizophrenia is the first book to offer practical guidance for those who live and work with someone suffering from schizophrenia. It features strategies for solving common day-to-day problems, including preventing relaps-es, regulating medication, finding community resources, managing stress, establishing household rules, dealing with depression and anxiety, alcohol and drug abuse, responding to crises, improving quality of life, and planning for the patient's future. In addition to its effective techniques for managing schizophrenics, the book provides readers with a complete overview of the disease, its treatment, and the resources available to families.

Author : Bodie Morey,Kim Mueser
Publisher : New Harbinger Publications
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2007-04-01
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781608825493

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The Family Intervention Guide to Mental Illness by Bodie Morey,Kim Mueser Pdf

Over 50 million Americans have a mental illness, but as many as 20 million don't have their illness detected. And many others get substandard treatment. Family members play a crucial role in recognizing mental illness, and helping a loved one get the treatment they need. The early signs of mental illness are clear if you know what to look for, and getting rapid and effective treatment will help your relative get better faster. If you think a family member or friend may be struggling with a mental illness, or isn't getting effective treatment, this guide will help you recognize symptoms, get the right treatment, and work together as a family to help your loved one get better. Inside you'll find step-by-step support and information for determining whether someone you care about is suffering from a mental disorder, and what you can do to help. The Family Intervention Guide to Mental Illness outlines the nine fundamental steps to recognizing, managing, and recovering from mental illness. It provides both diagnostic information and details about therapy options and useful medications. With the right advice, determined effort, and a lot of love, you can make a difference.

Author : Joel Young,Christine Adamec
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2013-12-03
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781493003969

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When Your Adult Child Breaks Your Heart by Joel Young,Christine Adamec Pdf

Behind nearly every adult who is accused of a crime, becomes addicted to drugs or alcohol, or who is severely mentally ill and acting out in public, there is usually at least one extremely stressed-out parent. This parent may initially react with the bad news of their adult child behaving badly with, "Oh no!" followed by, "How can I help to fix this?" A very common third reaction is the thought, "Where did I go wrong--was it something I said or did, or that I failed to do when my child was growing up that caused these issues? Is this really somehow all my fault?" These parents then open their homes, their pocketbooks, their hearts, and their futures to "saving" their adult child--who may go on to leave them financially and emotionally broken. Sometimes these families also raise the children their adult children leave behind: 1.6 million grandparents in the U.S. are in this situation. This helpful book presents families with quotations and scenarios from real suffering parents (who are not identified), practical advice, and tested strategies for coping. It also discusses the fact that parents of adult children may themselves need therapy and medications, especially antidepressants. The book is written in a clear, reassuring manner by Dr. Joel L. Young, medical director of the Rochester Center for Behavioral Medicine in Rochester Hills, Michigan; with noted medical writer Christine Adamec, author of many books in the field. In the wake of the Newtown shooting and the viral popularity of the post "I Am Adam Lanza's Mother," America is now taking a fresh look, not only at gun control, but also on how we treat mental illness. Another major issue is our support or stigmatization of those with adult children who are a major risk to their families as well to society itself. This book is part of that conversation.

Author : Harriet P Lefley,Mona Wasow
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2013-05-13
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781134958375

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Helping Families Cope With Mental Illness by Harriet P Lefley,Mona Wasow Pdf

In this age of spiraling health care costs, it is imperative that the family's role in treating patients with chronic mental illness not be overlooked - by policy makers and clinicians alike. The families themselves insist that the government and care-providing agencies learn new ways to relate to them and patients. Helping Families Cope with Mental Illness is a comprehensive guide to the family's experience of chronic and serious mental illness for clinicians and educators in a wide range of mental health disciplines. It details all major areas of the clinician-family relationship - consumer perspectives, cultural diversity, social policy, ethical issues, practical coping strategies, research and training issues, major service issues, managed care, and cost-saving measures.

Author : Rebecca Woolis
Publisher : TarcherPerigee
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1992-09-18
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 0874776953

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When Someone You Love Has a Mental Illness by Rebecca Woolis Pdf

This indispensable book about love and mental health addresses the short-term, daily problems of living with a person with mental illness, as well as long-term planning and care. Of special note are the forty-three “Quick Reference Guides” about such topics as: responding to hallucinations, delusions, violence and anger; helping your loved one comply with treatment plans and medication; deciding if the person should live at home or in a facility; choosing a doctor and dealing with mental health professionals; handling the holidays and family activities; managing stress; helping siblings and adult children with their special concerns. “Ms. Woolis produced a handbook which is both practical and accessible, eminently useful for all of us who have a family member with a serious mental illness.” –E. Fuller Torrey, M.D., author of Surviving Schizophrenia “Rebecca Woolis presents easy-to-follow practical guidelines for coping with the multitude of problems that regularly confront families. In minutes the reader can find helpful suggestions for dealing with any problem that might arise.” –Christopher S. Amenson, Ph.D., Director, Pacific Clinics East

Author : Diane T. Marsh,Rex M. Dickens
Publisher : Tarcher
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Psychology
ISBN : UOM:39015053747872

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How to Cope with Mental Illness in Your Family by Diane T. Marsh,Rex M. Dickens Pdf

A definitive guide for the millions affected by mental illness in the family explores the nature of illnesses such as schizophrenia, major depression, and manic depression, while providing the tools to overcome the devastating effects on families where they exist. An invaluable resource with a comprehensive listing of books, organizations, self-help groups, and mental-health services.

Author : Jacqueline M. Atkinson,Denise A. Coia
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1995-07-11
Category : Medical
ISBN : UOM:39015034023948

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Families Coping with Schizophrenia by Jacqueline M. Atkinson,Denise A. Coia Pdf

This text examines research on the relationship between the family and schizophrenia, and relates the family therapies which have grown from this, as well as the support which is currently available to families.

Author : Diane T. Marsh,Rex M. Dickens
Publisher : Tarcher
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Adult children of dysfunctional families
ISBN : 0874778751

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Troubled Journey by Diane T. Marsh,Rex M. Dickens Pdf

As it explores the nature of illnesses such as schizophrenia, major depression, and manic depression, this definitive guide for those affected by mental illness in the family provides the tools to overcome the devastating effects of growing up in a family where they exist. A list of resources is included.

Author : Dan E. Weisburd
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Mental illness
ISBN : STANFORD:36105130122414

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Families Know about Coping with Serious Mental Illness by Dan E. Weisburd Pdf

Author : Agnes B. Hatfield
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 45 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1989*
Category : Mentally ill
ISBN : LCCN:91620988

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Coping with Mental Illness in the Family by Agnes B. Hatfield Pdf

Author : Committee on Nomenclature and Statistics American Psychiatric Association
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1952
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 059856893X

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Mental disorders : diagnostic and statistical manual by Committee on Nomenclature and Statistics American Psychiatric Association Pdf

Author : Beverley Abosh,April Collins
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1996-01-01
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 080207412X

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Mental Illness in the Family by Beverley Abosh,April Collins Pdf

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.

Author : Barry J. Jacobs
Publisher : Guilford Press
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2006-03-17
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1606237934

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The Emotional Survival Guide for Caregivers by Barry J. Jacobs Pdf

Caring for a parent whose health is in decline turns the world upside down. The emotional fallout can be devastating, but it doesn't have to be that way. Empathic guidance from an expert who's been there can help. Through an account of two sisters and their ailing mother--interwoven with no-nonsense advice--The Emotional Survival Guide for Caregivers helps family members navigate tough decisions and make the most of their time together as they care for an aging parent. The author urges readers to be honest about the level of commitment they're able to make and emphasizes the need for clear communication within the family. While acknowledging their guilt, stress, and fatigue, he helps caregivers reaffirm emotional connections worn thin by the routine of daily care. This compassionate book will help families everywhere avoid burnout and preserve bonds during one of life's most difficult passages.