The madness of our lives: experiences of mental breakdown and recovery
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Main Author: Gray, Penny (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2006
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 200-201)
Dealing with life stresses -- Eating a Mars bar : Jane Pole-Jones -- Counselling was the turning point : Cheryl Stromeyer -- No easy answers : Keith Bright -- My music saved my life : Francie O'Connor -- Women survivors of childhood abuse -- I was lucky in a way : Steph Corby -- I'd always thought crying was a sin : Diane Johnson -- Oops, there goes the telly : Lesley Tutt -- Young men in crisis -- I'd rather it was a chapter I'd forgotten about : Paul Mann -- Doing all right, considering : Adrian Stiles -- It does teach you a bit about human nature : Graeme Wilson -- An insider perspective -- Really enthusiastic about antidepressants : Stephen Goodfellow
What precipitates mental breakdown? How do people experience such extremes & ndash; and how do they see others & rsquo; interpretations and interventions? Most important, how do people recover from these episodes and get their lives back? These are some of the questions addressed in this anthology of first-hand accounts of mental breakdown and recovery. Eleven very different stories together shed light on what triggers mental breakdown, what it is like to be & lsquo;mad & rsquo;, whether treatment helps and how people reclaim themselves and their lives. Based on tape-recorded interviews with people
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (204 pages)
ISBN:1280737948
1846425042
9781280737947
9781846425042

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