Living Outside Mental Illness : Qualitative Studies of Recovery in Schizophrenia.
Schizophrenia is widely considered the most severe and disabling of the mental illnesses. Yet recent research has demonstrated that many people afflicted with the disorder are able to recover to a significant degree. Living Outside Mental Illness demonstrates the importance of listening to what peop...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
NYU Press,
2003.
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Colección: | Qualitative studies in psychology.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Schizophrenia is widely considered the most severe and disabling of the mental illnesses. Yet recent research has demonstrated that many people afflicted with the disorder are able to recover to a significant degree. Living Outside Mental Illness demonstrates the importance of listening to what people diagnosed with schizophrenia themselves have to say about their struggle, and shows the dramatic effect this approach can have on clinical practice and social policy. It presents an in-depth investigation, based on a phenomenological perspective, of experiences of illness and recovery as illumina. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (241 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780814785355 0814785352 |