| Transforming Madness: New Lives for People Living with Mental Illness Contributor(s): Neugeboren, Jay (Author) |
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ISBN: 0520228758 ISBN-13: 9780520228757 Publisher: University of California Press OUR PRICE: $30.64 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2001 Annotation: ""Transforming Madness "is the most uplifting, engaging, and informative story about the good news related to helping people with severe mental illness that I have ever read."--Dr. William A. Anthony, Director, Boston University Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Psychopathology - General |
| Dewey: 616.89 |
| LCCN: 00064429 |
| Physical Information: 0.89" H x 6" W x 9" (1.29 lbs) 390 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In Imagining Robert, Jay Neugeboren told the sad, deeply personal, often harrowing story of one man and one family's struggle with chronic mental illness. Now, he presents an overview of the entire field: a clear-eyed, articulate, comprehensive survey of our mental health care system's shortcomings and of new, effective, proven approaches that make real differences in the lives of millions of Americans afflicted with severe mental illness. A book for general readers and professionals alike, Transforming Madness is at once a critique, a message of hope and recovery, and a call to action. Filled with dramatic stories, it shows us the many ways in which people who have suffered the long-term ravages of psychiatric disorders have reclaimed full and viable lives. |