Mental Illness, Delinquency, Addictions, and Neglect

by Nunnally, Elam W.; Chilman, Catherine S.; Cox, Fred M.

• ISBN13: 9780803927063
• ISBN10: 0803927061
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1988-06-01
• Publisher: Sage Pubns

Summary

What specific problems arise within families that have members suffering from drug addiction, mental illness or neglect? What forms of treatment are available for families affected by such disorders? And, can such problems among family members -- if untreated or undetected -- lead to criminal or delinquent behaviour in the future? This practical volume begins by examining various disorders that can -- and often do -- afflict families: schizophrenia and other mental illnesses, drug abuse, alcoholism, and child neglect. Family characteristics of families with schizophrenic members are probed, and both the 'planned change' therapeutic approach and brief therapy for treating families with a member diagnosed as mentally ill are presented. Also considered are guidelines for conducting treatment with families of alcoholics and drug abusers from a structural strategic orientation. Finally, the contributors demonstrate how such disorders -- if not corrected -- can lead to future involvement in crime and delinquency, discuss the poor state of current research on these topics, and provide valuable suggestions for future research.

Table of Contents

The Family and Schizophrenia

Perspectives from Contemporary Research

Treating Families with a Member Diagnosed as Mentally Ill

Once You Have Doubts, What Have You Got?

A Brief Therapy Approach to 'Difficult Cases'

Alcohol Use and Misuse

A Systemic Conceptualization for Practitioners

Treating Families with a Chemically Dependent Member

The Family, Delinquency, and Crime

Family Approaches to Treating Delinquents

Neglect in Families

Treatment of Families Who Neglect Their Children

Public Policies and Families

Federal Mental Health Policy

Its Unhappy Past and Uncertain Future

Public Policy and Noninstitutional Care of People with Mental Disorders

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