mental health professionals disclose their personal and family experiences of mental illness /
edited by Stephen P. Hinshaw.
New York :
Oxford University Press,
2008.
1 online resource (viii, 370 pages) :
illustrations
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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In this title, mental health professionals and scientists, ranging from newly trained individuals to seasoned clinicians and researchers, tell their own and their families' stories of mental disorder, providing an unprecedented level of honesty and disclosure. The volume presents moving and inspiring narratives of serious mental disorder in individuals who have decided to focus their careers on mental illness in others.