Understanding psychosis
Subtitle: issues and challenges for sufferers, families, and friends
By: Donald Capps
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Lanham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 273
ISBN-13: 9781442205925; 9781442205949
Subjects: Psychoses; Popular works
Description: Takes a look at psychosis, and contends that although the delusions and hallucinations of the psychotic person are misguided and confused, they are understandable when viewed in the context of a person's life.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The epidemic of psychotic illness; title: The deinstitutionalization era : its personal and social impact; title: How family members cope with serious mental illness; title: Rehabilitation strategies for the seriously mentally ill; title: Prevention strategies for persons at-risk; title: The emergence of psychotic illness : the role of acute identity confusion; title: The symptoms of psychotic illness : delusions and hallucinations; title: The symptoms of psychotic illness: the assumed identity; title: Achieving equilibrium : personal strengths and social supports.