Families and Mental Disorder: From Burden to Empowerment
Norman Sartorius, Julian Leff, Juan José López-Ibor Jr., Mario Maj, Ahmed Okasha - Families and Mental Disorder: From Burden to Empowerment
Published: 2004-12-17 | ISBN: 0470023821 | PDF | 310 pages | 3 MB
The behaviour of a person suffering from a mental disorder usually has a significant impact on the quality of life and the mental health of the other family members.
Families and Mental Disorder provides a current and comprehensive picture of
available evidence about the specific characteristics of the burden on the families
the coping strategies which increase or decrease this burden
family interventions of proven efficacy
what should be said and what should not be said to the relatives of people with the various conditions
For some topics, such as Families of Patients with a Severe Anxiety Disorder, Families of Patients with an Eating Disorder or Families of a Child with a Mental Disorder, this is the first book offering a complete perspective.
Families and Mental Disorder will be of interest to psychiatrists, psychologists, and other mental health professionals.