The family guide to mental health care /

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Author / Creator:	Sederer, Lloyd I.
Edition:	1st ed.
Imprint:	New York : W. W. Norton & Co., c2013.
Description:	xxii, 312 p. ; 25 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Mental health services -- United States. Mental illness -- United States. Families of the mentally ill -- Counseling of. Mental health services. Mental illness. United States.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9122205

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Other authors / contributors:	Close, Glenn.
ISBN:	9780393707946 (hardcover) 0393707946 (hardcover)
Notes:	"Advice on helping your loved ones, from the medical director of the country's largest state mental health system and the mental health editor of The Huffington Post"--Jacket. Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-274) and index.
Summary:	More than fifty million people a year are diagnosed with some form of mental illness. It spares no sex, race, age, ethnicity, or income level. And left untreated, mental disorders can devastate our families and communities. Family members and friends are often the first to realize when someone has a problem, but it is hard to know how to help or where to turn. From understanding depression, bipolar illness and anxiety to eating and traumatic disorders, schizophrenia, and much more, readers will learn what to do and how to help.

Table of Contents:

Mental illness : what families can do
The facts about diagnosis and treatment
Principles of good care
Getting help : the referral, the doctor, the meeting
The places you may go
A world of hurt : the faces of mental illness. I, Depression and anxiety disorders ; II, Eating and personality disorders ; III, Schizophrenia, acute psychotic disorder, and bipolar disorder
Medications : what to know, what to ask
Psychotherapy and rehabilitation
The buck never seems to stop : paying for mental health care
Mental health and the law
Recovery : why believe?

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