Helping Someone With Mental Illness

by Carter, Rosalynn; Golant, Susan K.

• ISBN13: 9780812928990
• ISBN10: 0812928997
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-05-01
• Publisher: Times Books

Summary

The first thing you need to know is that life isn't over. "The good news," writes Mrs. Carter inHelping 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. From the Trade Paperback edition.

Author Biography

<b>Rosalynn Carter</b> has been a driving force in the field of mental health throughout her public service career. She is the bestselling author of First Lady from Plains, co-author with her husband of Everything to Gain: Making the Most of the Rest of Your Life, and author of Helping Yourself Help Others: A Book for Caregivers (with Susan K. Golant). Susan K. Golant's latest collaborations include What to Do When Someone You Love Is Depressed (with Mitch Golant, Ph.D.) and The Shy Life (with Bernardo Carducci, Ph.D.).<br><br><br><i>From the Trade Paperback edition.</i>

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
The Legacy of Stigma	p. 1
A Mother's Lament ... And a Story of Hope	p. 6
What Is Mental Illness?	p. 30
An Equal Opportunity Problem	p. 55
When Someone You Love Has a Mental Illness: Seeking Treatment	p. 78
After the Diagnosis: Managing Workplace, Financial, Legal, and Other Matters	p. 102
New Treatments, New Hope	p. 121
Moving Toward Awakenings: Understanding Schizophrenia	p. 131
Taming the Black Dog: Understanding Depression	p. 143
A Life Worth Living: Understanding Manic-Depression	p. 154
Raising the Threshold: Understanding Anxiety Disorders	p. 160
Interventions: Preventive, Personal, and Public	p. 171
Can We Prevent Mental Illness?	p. 175
Caregiving for Mental Illness	p. 198
Advocating for the Mentally Ill	p. 226
Epilogue. Hope for the Future	p. 249
Glossary of Scientific Terms	p. 261
Other Common Mental Illnesses	p. 267
Frequency of Mental Illnesses Among Men and Women	p. 271
Side Effects of Antidepressants	p. 273
Resources You May Find Helpful	p. 275
Notes	p. 295
References	p. 313
Index	p. 333
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