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Understanding psychosis : issues and challenges for sufferers, families, and friends /

Severe mental illness afflicts many men and women throughout their lives, often without warning, and almost always with devastating results. This book takes a look at psychosis, and contends that although the delusions and hallucinations of the psychotic person are misguided and confused, they are u...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Capps, Donald
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, ©2010.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.