Breaking the silence : mental health professionals disclose their personal and family experiences of mental illness / edited by Stephen P. Hinshaw.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hinshaw, Stephen P.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mental health personnel--Mental health.

Mental health personnel.

Mental health personnel--Family relationships.

Mental health personnel--Biography.

Mentally ill--Family relationships.

Mentally ill.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (379 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Introduction. Stephen P. Hinshaw. 1. My Story is one of Loss, Laura B. Mason. 2. Finding my Mind, Ruth White. 3. A Field Agent in our Midst, Tara Peris. 4. Laura's Story: Making Sense of and Deriving Meaning from her Life with Mental Illness, Elizabeth B. Owens. 5. In My Voice: Speaking out about Mental Health and Stigma, Jeffrey Liew. 6. Columbus Day, 1994: A New World, Kay S. Browne. 7. The Meaning of Mental Health (and Other LessonsLearned), Mark S. Atkins. 8. Memories of Parental Decompensation, Theodore P. Beauchaine. 9. Weeping Mother, Jarralynne Agee. 10. The Game with No Rules: A Sibli

Contents:

My story is one of loss / Laura B. Mason

Finding my mind / Ruth White

A field agent in our midst / Tara Peris

Laura's story: making sense of and deriving meaning from her life with mental illness / Elizabeth B. Owens

In my voice: speaking out about mental health and stigma / Jeffrey Liew

Columbus Day, 1994: a new world / Kay S. Browne

The meaning of mental health (and other lessons learned) / Marc S. Atkins

Memories of parental decompensation / Theodore P. Beauchaine

Weeping mother / Jarralynne Agee

The game with no rules: a sibling confronts mental illness / Jessica Borelli

Reverberations / Peter E. Nathan

He just can't help it: my struggle with my father's struggle with bipolar disorder / Esme A. Londahl-Shaller

Performing human / Janet Lucas

The legacy of loss: depression as a family affair / Carolyn Zahn-Waxler

Closing thoughts: the power of narrative / Stephen P. Hinshaw.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-029565-1

0-19-026153-6

1-281-37476-8

9786611374761

0-19-804323-6

OCLC:

476240300