Understanding psychosis : issues and challenges for sufferers, families, and friends /

Capps, Donald.

Understanding psychosis : issues and challenges for sufferers, families, and friends / Donald Capps. - Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, c2010. - viii, 273 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-265), mental health resources, and index.

The epidemic of psychotic illness -- The deinstitutionalization era : its personal and social impact -- How family members cope with serious mental illness -- Rehabilitation strategies for the seriously mentally ill -- Prevention strategies for persons at-risk -- The emergence of psychotic illness : the role of acute identity confusion -- The symptoms of psychotic illness : delusions and hallucinations -- The symptoms of psychotic illness: the assumed identity -- Achieving equilibrium : personal strengths and social supports.

144220592X (cloth : alk. paper) 9781442205925 (cloth : alk. paper)

2010018471


Families of the mentally ill.
Psychoses--Case studies.

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