Transforming madness
Subtitle: new lives for people living with mental illness
By: Jay Neugeboren.
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 390
Subjects: Mentally ill -- Rehabilitation; Mental illness -- Treatment; Mentally ill -- Rehabilitation -- United States -- Case studies; Mental illness -- Treatment -- United States -- Case studies
Genres: Case studies.
Description: Novelist Neugeboren, drawn to the field by mental illness in his family, presents a clear-eyed, articulate, survey of our mental health care system's shortcomings and of new, effective, proven approaches that make real differences in the lives of millions of Americans afflicted with severe mental illness. A book for general readers and professionals alike, this is at once a critique, a message of hope and recovery, and a call to action. Filled with dramatic stories, it shows us the many ways in which people who have suffered the long-term ravages of psychiatric disorders have reclaimed full and viable lives.--From publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.         ) and index.
Originally published: New York : W. Morrow, c1999.