| Description |
1 online resource (xxxii, 480 pages) |
| Contents |
Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders -- -- Schizophrenia -- The Best Medicine / Susan A. Salsman -- Recovery as Discovery / Paolo Scotti -- Understanding Health as a Continuum / Leslie Greenblat -- Psychiatry and Oppression: A Personal Account of Compulsory Admission and Medical Treatment / Benjamin Gray -- Powerful Choices: Peer Support and Individualized Medication Self-Determination / Corinna West -- Schizoaffective Disorders -- Snapshots: The First Symptoms of Psychosis / Kristen B. Fowler -- Why Having a Mental Illness Is Not Like Having Diabetes / Anonymous -- -- Mood Disorders -- -- Depressive Disorders -- Depression: Disease, Loneliness, Social Isolation, Suicide, Negative Thoughts / Bec Morrison -- My Confession: My Life Had Come to a Stop / Leo Tolstoi -- Willow Weep for Me: A Black Woman's Journey Through Depression / Meri Nana-Ama Danquah -- I Wish I Had Gotten Help Sooner: My Struggle With Postpartum Depression / Marcie Ramirez -- My Journey Through Postpartum Depression / Jessica Rodrigo-Dunican -- Bipolar Disorders -- Living with the Dragon: The Long Road to Self-Management of Bipolar II / Peter Amsel -- On Madness: A Personal Account of Rapid Cycling Bipolar Disorder / Anonymous -- Random Scribblings on Bipolar Disorder / Michael Napiorkowski -- Being Bipolar: Living on Both Sides of the Coin / Susan Michele Vale -- -- Anxiety Disorders -- -- Panic Disorder -- You Have Anxiety? / Kelly Orbison -- Susan's Story / Susan Ludeman -- Phobias -- On the Outside Looking In / Daniela Grazia -- Mysophobia / Catherine Taylor -- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) -- Flux / Frank R. DeFulgentis -- Rituals, Routines, and Recovery: Living With OCD / Linda Wasmer Andrews -- "It'll Be Okay." How I Kept Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) From Ruining My Life / Shannon Shy -- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) -- Emotional Triangle / Blazie Holling -- Panic, Anxiety, PTSD, and My Experiences of Healing Through Multiple Avenues of Psychotherapy / Catherine McCall -- The Demons of War Are Persistent: A Personal Story of Prolonged PTSD / Art W. Schade -- -- Personality Disorders -- -- My Path to Recovery / Melanie Green -- A "Classic" Case of Borderline Personality Disorder / Lynn Williams -- Loud in the House of Myself / Stacy Pershall -- -- Substance-Related Disorders -- -- Goodbye, Johnnie Walker / Neil Davidson -- Untitled / Aaron J. French -- A Nurse's Journey Through Loss, Addiction, and Recovery / Michelle Walter -- -- Eating Disorders -- -- Dying by Inches / Emily Troscianko -- Big Little / Priscilla Becker -- Binging and Purging to Stay Alive / Anonymous -- Life With an Eating Disorder / Laura Bette -- -- Impulse Control Disorders -- -- The Numbers of My Obsession / Mia Zamora -- Memoirs of a Compulsive Firesetter / Sarah Wheaton -- Dan's Story / Anonymous -- -- Delirium, Dementia, and Amnestic and Other Cognitive Disorders -- -- Before It's Too Late / Jane McAllister -- Poor Memory: A Case Report / Malcolm L. Meltzer -- Parkinson's: A Patient's View / Sidney Dorros -- -- Somatoform Disorders -- -- A Psychosomatic Study of Myself / F. Wertham -- Bigorexia: Bodybuilding and Muscle Dysmorphia / Anonymous -- Hypochondria / Heather Menzies Jones -- -- Dissociative Disorders -- -- Coping Strategies / Ruth Dee -- Family Talk / Barbara Hope -- Fractured Mind, One Heart? / Robert B. Oxnam -- -- Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders -- -- Sexual Pain Disorders -- Vaginismus: The Blessing of Botox / Rachel -- Paraphilias -- The Armed Robbery Orgasm: A Lovemap Autobiography of Masochism / John Money -- Gender Identity Disorders -- A Rose in Bloom / April Rose Schneider -- Time for a Good Transgender Story / Kam Wai Kui -- -- Sleep Disorders -- -- An Insomniac's Slant on Sleep / Gayle Greene -- My Story of Narcolepsy / Patricia Higgins -- -- Disorders Usually First Diagnosed in Infancy, Childhood, or Adolescence -- -- Pervasive Developmental Disorders -- Communication Impairment / John Elder Robison -- Alien: A Story of Asperger's Syndrome / Stephanie Mayberry -- The Experience of Infantile Autism / W. Tony -- Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) -- The Only Me That We Have Ever Known / Katy Rollins -- Tic Disorders -- A Tourette Story / Rick Fowler -- Searching for Answers / Crystal Thomas |
| Summary |
In First Person Accounts of Mental Illness, case studies of individuals experiencing schizophrenia, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, personality disorders, substance use disorders, and other mental ailments will be provided for students studying the classification and treatment of psychopathology. All of the cases are written from the perspective of the mentally ill individual, providing readers with a unique perspective of the experience of living with a mental disorder. "In their book First Person Accounts of Mental Illness and Recovery, LeCroy and Holschuh offer the student, researcher, or layperson the intimate voice of mental illness from the inside. First Person Accounts of Mental Illness and Recovery is a wonderful book, and it is an ideal, even indispensable, companion to traditional mental health texts. I am grateful that they have given the majority of this book to the voices that are too often unheard."'John S. Brekke, PhD, Frances G. Larson Professor of Social Work Research, School of Social Work, University of Southern California; Fellow, American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare "This is absolutely a must-read for anyone who has been touched by someone with a mental illness, whether it be personal or professional. It is imperative that this book be required reading in any course dealing with psychopathology and the DSM, whether it be in psychology, psychiatry, social work, nursing, or counseling."'Phyllis Solomon, PhD, Professor in the School of Social Policy & Practice and Professor of Social Work in Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania A unique volume of first person narratives written from the perspective of individuals with a mental illness Drawing from a broad range of sources, including narratives written expressly for this book, self-published accounts, and excerpts from previously published memoirs, this distinctive set of personal stories covers and illustrates a wide spectrum of mental disorder categories, including: -Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders -Mood disorders -Anxiety disorders -Personality disorders -Substance-related disorders -Eating disorders -Impulse control disorders -Cognitive disorders -Somatoform disorders -Dissociative disorders -Gender identity disorders -Sleep disorders -Disorders usually first diagnosed in infancy, childhood, or adolescence Reflecting a recovery orientation and strengths-based approach, the authentic and relevant stories in First Person Accounts of Mental Illness and Recovery promote a greater appreciation for the individual's role in treatment and an expansion of hope and recovery |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Mental illness -- Case studies.
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Mentally ill -- Personal narratives.
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Mental Disorders.
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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Personal narratives.
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Case studies.
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Personal narratives.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Holschuh, Jane.
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LeCroy, Craig W.
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| ISBN |
1118220242 (electronic bk.) |
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1283603942 |
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9781118220245 (electronic bk.) |
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111823393X (electronic bk.) |
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9781118233931 (electronic bk.) |
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9781283603942 |
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