Fathers, Fatherhood and Mental Illness [electronic resource] : A Discourse Analysis of Rejection /
Galasinski, Dariusz.author.
Fathers, Fatherhood and Mental Illness provides the first book-length study of fathers' experiences of mental illness, arguing that a discourse analytic focus upon the experience of mental illness is relevant both to social scientists and mental health scholars and practitioners.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyrights; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; Aims of this book; Mental illness; Stigma and social exclusion; Masculinity, fatherhood, health; The academic perspectives; Men's health; Fathers and mental health; Discourse analysis; The data and their limitations; The interviewees; Overview of the book; 2 I Did Too Little: Stories of Failed Fatherhood; Failed fathers; Distance; The good father; Conclusions; Appendix; 3 A Father's Love: Towards a Normal Family; Closeness; Normal families; Conclusions; Appendix; 4 The Father in Hiding
Self and illnessHiding illness/hiding selves; Transferable identities; Conclusions; Appendix; 5 The Father Communicating on Illness; Talking about illness; Illness as information; Bare facts; Outside communication; Conclusions; Appendix; 6 The Silent Father; Silence; Negotiating silence; Outside communication; Conclusions; Appendix; 7 Children and the Illness; Awareness of what?; Snippets of understanding; No illness at all; Fear of illness; Conclusions; Appendix; 8 The Rejected Father; She loves me very much; Daily rejections; They don't show it; Looking for the positive; Conclusions
Appendix9 Fathers, Fatherhood and Mental Illness; Always in the negative; The positive stories; Ambiguities; Coping with the contradiction?; The final aim of this book; A final word; References; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Fathers, Fatherhood and Mental Illness provides the first book-length study of fathers' experiences of mental illness, arguing that a discourse analytic focus upon the experience of mental illness is relevant both to social scientists and mental health scholars and practitioners.
Discourse analysis.
Clinical psychology.
Sociolinguistics.
Psychology, Pathological.
Sex (Psychology).
Gender expression.
Discourse Analysis.
Clinical Psychology.
Sociolinguistics.
Psychopathology.
Gender Studies.