| Living with Mental Disorder: Insights from Qualitative Research Contributor(s): Corcoran, Jacqueline (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415739446 ISBN-13: 9780415739443 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $118.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Disease & Health Issues - Social Science | Research - Social Science | Social Work |
| Dewey: 616.89 |
| LCCN: 2015023818 |
| Series: Routledge Key Themes in Health and Society |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.2" W x 9.2" (1.55 lbs) 378 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This evidence-based text puts a human face on mental disorders, illuminating the lived experience of people with mental health difficulties and their caregivers. Systematically reviewing the qualitative research conducted on living with a mental disorder, this text coalesces a large body of knowledge and centers on those disorders that have sufficient qualitative research to synthesize, including attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, autism, intellectual disabilities, mood disorders, schizophrenia and dementia. Supported by numerous quotes, the text explores the perspective of those suffering with a mental disorder and their caregivers, discovering their experience of burden, their understanding of and the meaning they give to their disorder, the strengths and coping they have used to manage, as well as their interactions with the formal treatment system and the use of medication. This book will be of immense value to students, practitioners, and academics that support, study, and treat people in mental distress and their families. |