| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xxii, 312 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-274) and index. |
| 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? |
| Subject |
Mental health services -- United States.
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Mental illness -- United States.
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Families of the mentally ill -- Counseling of.
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| Added Author |
Close, Glenn, 1947-
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| ISBN |
9780393707946 hardcover $25.95 |
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0393707946 hardcover $25.95 |
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