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The burden of sympathy : how families cope with mental illness / David A. Karp.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Karp, David Allen, 1944- author.
Series:
Oxford scholarship online.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Mentally ill--Family relationships.
Mentally ill.
Mentally ill--Home care.
Caregivers.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (332 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
This work is a compassionate exploration of how to maintain one's own mental health while caring for others. The author has been working in this field for two decades and has gained a reputation for being an incisive analyst of everyday life.
Contents:
CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ONE: Illness and Obligation; TWO: Bearing Responsibility; THREE: Managing Emotions; FOUR: Family Ties; FIVE: The Four Cs; SIX: Surviving the System; SEVEN: Caring in Postmodern America; NOTES; REFERENCES; INDEX
Notes:
Previously issued in print: 2000.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-302) and index.
Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
ISBN:
0-19-773483-9
0-19-028824-8
1-280-83768-3
9786610837687
0-19-802870-9
OCLC:
428979632

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