Psychological Recovery Contributor(s): Andresen, Retta (Author), Oades, Lindsay G. (Author), Caputi, Peter (Author) |
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ISBN: 0470711426 ISBN-13: 9780470711422 Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell OUR PRICE: $55.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2011 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Clinical Psychology - Psychology | Psychotherapy - General |
Dewey: 616.891 |
LCCN: 2011006418 |
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.6" W x 9.5" (0.85 lbs) 216 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This book offers a succinct model of recovery from serious mental illness, synthesizing stories of lived experience to provide a framework for clinical work and research in the field of recovery. - Places the process of recovery within the context of normal human growth and development - Compares and contrasts concepts of recovery from mental illness with the literature on grief, loss and trauma - Situates recovery within the growing field of positive psychology - focusing on the active, hopeful process - Describes a consumer-oriented, stage-based model of psychological recovery which is unique in its focus on intrapersonal processes |