Transforming Madness: New Lives for People Living with Mental Illness
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.27 (948 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0520228758 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 400 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-11-12 |
| Language | : | English |
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Gives a good outline on the problems facing mental health care in Alexy Gives a good outline on the problems facing mental health care in the US. Good starting point for anyone involved in these issues but maybe too much for the average reader to follow with interest. Douglas Whynott (whynott@cheshire.net) said Profound message of hope. I was one of Jay Neugeboren's student in the graduate creative writing program at the University of Massachusetts, where for nearly Profound message of hope I was one of Jay Neugeboren's student in the graduate creative writing program at the University of Massachusetts, where for nearly 30 years he has helped develop many writers, such as Bret Lott, Susan Straight, Valerie Martin and others. For the greater part of his career Jay Neugeboren has been a no. 0 years he has helped develop many writers, such as Bret Lott, Susan Straight, Valerie Martin and others. For the greater part of his career Jay Neugeboren has been a no. Comprehensive Guide and Understanding Mental Health A Customer The mental health system can be more confusing than mental illness. We have hundreds of thousand's of people in our mental health system. Most people have come in contact with someone who has been part of the mental health system. Yet, we don't understand mental health.Jay has written a book about wha
Author tour. From Publishers Weekly A quiet revolution is taking place in the care and treatment of the mentally ill, observes Neugeboren in this invaluable state-of-the-art report. Within the last five to 10 years, antipsychotic medications have become much more effective and their side effects less debilitating. There is a downside, though: general hospitals, now the primary providers of inpatient psychiatric care in the U.S., are as dreadful as they were a quarter-century ago, the author opines. Th
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.. 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. 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