Research Catalog

Title

Helping someone with mental illness : a compassionate guide for family, friends, and caregivers / Rosalynn Carter, with Susan K. Golant.

Author

Carter, Rosalynn.

Publication

New York : Times Books, c1999.

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Details

Additional Authors

Golant, Susan K.

Description

xiv, 350 p. : ill.; 21 cm.

Summary

"The first thing you need to know is that life isn't over. "The good news," writes Mrs. Carter in Helping Someone with Mental Illness, "is that with proper diagnosis and treatment, the overwhelming majority of people with mental illness can now lead productive lives." Based on Mrs. Carter's twenty-five years of advocacy and the latest data from the Rosalynn Carter Symposia for Mental Illness, her book offers step-by-step information on what to do after the diagnosis: seeking the best treatment; evaluating health-care providers; managing workplace, financial, and legal matters. Mrs. Carter addresses the latest breakthroughs in understanding, research, and treatment of schizophrenia, depression, manic depression, panic attacks, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and other mental disorders. She also discusses the emotional and psychological issues in caregiving for people with mental illness and offers concrete suggestions to help erase the prejudice and discrimination based on misinformation about mental illness. Her book is also a rich clearinghouse that guides readers to hundreds of specialized resources, including organizations, hot lines, newsletters, videos, books, websites, and more.--Publisher's description

Subjects

• Popular works
• Consumer education
• Mental illness > Popular works

Genre/Form

Popular works

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-334) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

ISBN

0812928989 (alk. paper)

OCLC

• 41365020
• SCSB-12265507

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library