Research Catalog

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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Details

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