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Helping
Someone With Mental Illness
Compassionate Guide For
Family, Friends, and Caregivers |
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- Based on Mrs. Carter's twenty-five
years of advocacy and the latest data from the Rosalynn Carter
Symposia for mental illness
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- She offers step-by-step information
on what to do after the diagnosis:
- seeking the best treatment
- evaluating health-care providers
- managing workplace
- financial matters
- legal matters
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Paperback
ASIN
0812928989
368 pages
Pub 5/99
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- Mrs. Carter addresses the latest
breakthroughs in understanding, research, and treatment of
- schizophrenia
- depression
- manic depression
- panic attacks
- obsessive-compulsive disorder
- other mental disorders
- She also discusses the emotional
and psychological issues in caregiving for people with mental
illness:
- coping with the impact on the family
- dealing with burnout
- connecting with the right support
- She offers concrete suggestions
to help erase the prejudice and discrimination based on misinformation
about mental illness.
by Rosalynn Carter
(former First Lady of the United
States)
with Susan K. Golant
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