Dyslexia and mental health : helping people identify destructive behaviours and find positive ways to cope /

This book presents research and case studies to demonstrate why and how people with dyslexia can adopt adverse coping strategies and defensive mechanisms to deal with the emotional impact of dyslexia, leading to self-harm, depression and even suicide. It then looks at how they can best be helped and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Alexander-Passe, Neil
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London, UK ; Philadelphia, PA : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2015.
Colección:Online access with DDA: Askews (Medicine)
Temas:
Dyslexia > Psychological aspects.
Mental health.
Dyslexia > psychology
Mental Health
Dyslexie > Aspect psychologique.
Santé mentale.
mental health.
Teaching Of Students With Specific Learning Difficulties > Needs.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
MEDICAL > Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL > Internal Medicine.
Dyslexia > Psychological aspects
Mental health
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • What is dyslexia?
  • A dyslexic life
  • Difference, disclosure, stigma and labelling
  • Accepting a duslexic identity
  • Self-belief
  • Stress and anxiety
  • Dyslexic coping profiles
  • Defence mechanisms and coping strategies
  • Pre-defence mechanism : avoidance
  • Emotional defences
  • Behavioural defences
  • Vulnerability to depression
  • Learned helplessness to optimism
  • Discussion and conclusion
  • Appendix. Dyslexia and depression : the hidden sorrow.

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