| Description |
1 online resource (204 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 200-201). |
| Contents |
Dealing with life stresses -- Eating a Mars bar : Jane Pole-Jones -- Counselling was the turning point : Cheryl Stromeyer -- No easy answers : Keith Bright -- My music saved my life : Francie O'Connor -- Women survivors of childhood abuse -- I was lucky in a way : Steph Corby -- I'd always thought crying was a sin : Diane Johnson -- Oops, there goes the telly : Lesley Tutt -- Young men in crisis -- I'd rather it was a chapter I'd forgotten about : Paul Mann -- Doing all right, considering : Adrian Stiles -- It does teach you a bit about human nature : Graeme Wilson -- An insider perspective -- Really enthusiastic about antidepressants : Stephen Goodfellow. |
| Summary |
What precipitates mental breakdown? How do people experience such extremes & ndash; and how do they see others & rsquo; interpretations and interventions? Most important, how do people recover from these episodes and get their lives back? These are some of the questions addressed in this anthology of first-hand accounts of mental breakdown and recovery. Eleven very different stories together shed light on what triggers mental breakdown, what it is like to be & lsquo;mad & rsquo;, whether treatment helps and how people reclaim themselves and their lives. Based on tape-recorded interviews with people. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Psychology, Pathological.
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Psychology, Pathological. |
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Mental illness -- Anecdotes.
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Mental illness. |
| Genre/Form |
Anecdotes.
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| Subject |
Mental health -- Anecdotes.
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Mental health. |
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Mentally ill -- Anecdotes.
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Mentally ill. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Anecdotes.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Gray, Penny. Madness of our lives. London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2006 1843100576 (DLC) 2006004530 (OCoLC)63703194 |
| ISBN |
9781846425042 (electronic book) |
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1846425042 (electronic book) |
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9781843100577 (paperback) |
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1843100576 (paperback) |
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1280737948 |
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9781280737947 |
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1843100576 (paperback) |
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