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

Title
Understanding psychosis : issues and challenges for sufferers, families, and friends / Donald Capps.
Author
Capps, Donald.
Publication
Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, c2010.

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Description
viii, 273 p.; 24 cm.
Summary
Takes a look at psychosis, and contends that although the delusions and hallucinations of the psychotic person are misguided and confused, they are understandable when viewed in the context of a person's life.
Subject
  • Families of the mentally ill
  • Family Relations
  • Psychoses > Case studies
  • Psychotic Disorders
Genre/Form
  • Case studies.
  • Popular Work
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-265), mental health resources, and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
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.
ISBN
  • 9781442205925 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 144220592X (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9781442205949 (electronic) (canceled/invalid)
  • 1442205946 (electronic) (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
^^2010018471
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library