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Living Recovery : Youth Speak Out on "Owning" Mental Illness /

Living Recovery provides critical information for practitioners and educators in mental health services about the self-described needs of young people diagnosed with mental illness. It portrays the stages of living with mental illness through the recovery model ELAR-emergence, loss, adaptation, and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Leavey, JoAnn Elizabeth, 1959- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Waterloo, Ontario : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2015.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • One. Framing the Context for Youth with Mental Illness
  • Introduction
  • Terms Used in This Book
  • Who Is This Book For?
  • Redefining Our Understanding of Mental "Illness"
  • The Journey of Youth Through the Mental Health System
  • Framing the Context for Youth Living with Mental Illness
  • The Effects of a Mental Illness Diagnosis on Youth
  • Youth, Metaphor, and Mental Illness
  • Youth and the Social Construction of Mental Illness
  • The Significance and Direction of This Work
  • Summary
  • Two. How Do Youth Experience Mental Illness?
  • Prevalence of Mental Illness
  • Growing Up: Forming Identity and Developmental Tasks for Young People
  • Some Common Problems Experienced by Youth with Mental Illness
  • Summary
  • Three. Youth Participants: Who Are They?
  • Research Objectives
  • Why Use Qualitative Research?
  • The Interviews
  • Demographic Profile of Participants
  • My Impressions of Participants
  • Summary.