Families coping with mental illness : stories from the US and Japan
"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."
Case studies
1 online resource (xix, 230 pages)
9780203956748, 0203956745
190811148
Mental Illness in the Family: What Does It Mean?
The First Signs of Mental Illness: How They Came and How They Stayed
Early Impressions
Family Responses and Family Feelings
What Happens to the Family System?
Intrafamily Interactions: The marital and Parent-Child Relationships
Other Dimensions of Family Interactions
Learning to Understand the New Reality of Illness
Why did the Illness Strike?: Families Search for Meaning
Better Understanding of Chronic Mental Illness:Accepting Reality
Living with Mental Illness: Sources of Strength
Becoming Active Agents
Mental Coping
How Can They Go on?