The madness of our lives : experiences of mental breakdown and recovery / Penny Gray ; foreword by Peter Campbell.
By: Gray, Penny
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BookPublisher: London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2006Description: 204 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 1843100576 (pbk. : alk. paper); 9781843100577.Subject(s): Psychology, Pathological | Mental illness -- Case studies | Mental illness -- Anecdotes | Health and Wellbeing | Mental health -- Anecdotes | Care of the mentally ill | Mentally ill -- Anecdotes | Psychology | Mental health services | Psychiatry | Therapy & therapeuticsDDC classification: 616.89 GRA | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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What precipitates mental breakdown? How do people experience such extremes - and how do they see others' interpretations and interventions? Most important, how do people recover from these episodes and get their lives back? These are some of the questions addressed in this anthology of first-hand accounts of mental breakdown and recovery. Eleven very different stories together shed light on what triggers mental breakdown, what it is like to be `mad', whether treatment helps and how people reclaim themselves and their lives.
Based on tape-recorded interviews with people who have been through a mental breakdown and come out the other side of it, The Madness of Our Lives breaks the silence around mental distress and offers hope and optimism to mental health service users and their carers.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 200-201).
Dealing with life stresses -- Eating a Mars bar : Jane Pole-Jones -- Counselling was the turning point : Cheryl Stromeyer -- No easy answers : Keith Bright -- My music saved my life : Francie O'Connor -- Women survivors of childhood abuse -- I was lucky in a way : Steph Corby -- I'd always thought crying was a sin : Diane Johnson -- Oops, there goes the telly : Lesley Tutt -- Young men in crisis -- I'd rather it was a chapter I'd forgotten about : Paul Mann -- Doing all right, considering : Adrian Stiles -- It does teach you a bit about human nature : Graeme Wilson -- An insider perspective -- Really enthusiastic about antidepressants : Stephen Goodfellow.
This work presents ten different stories of mental breakdown, shedding light on what triggers it, what it is like to be 'mad', whether treatment helps and how people reclaim themselves and their lives.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Foreword (p. 9)
- Acknowledgements (p. 10)
- Introduction (p. 11)
- Part 1 Dealing with life stresses
- 1 Eating a Mars bar: Jane Pole-Jones (p. 17)
- 2 Counselling was the turning point: Cheryl Stromeyer (p. 34)
- 3 No easy answers: Keith Bright (p. 47)
- 4 My music saved my life: Julie O'Connor (p. 60)
- Part 2 Women survivors of childhood abuse
- 5 I was lucky in a way: Steph Corby (p. 79)
- 6 I'd always thought crying was a sin: Diane Johnson (p. 96)
- 7 Oops, there goes the telly: Lesley Tutt (p. 108)
- Part 3 Young men in crisis
- 8 I'd rather it was a chapter I'd forgotten about: Paul Mann (p. 127)
- 9 Doing all right, considering: Adrian Stiles (p. 138)
- 10 It does teach you a bit about human nature: Graeme Wilson (p. 146)
- Part 4 An insider perspective
- 11 Really enthusiastic about antidepressants: Stephen Goodfellow (p. 157)
- Postscript (p. 175)
- The professional view (p. 176)
- Conclusions and practical advice (p. 189)
- References (p. 200)
- Further Reading (p. 201)
- Resources (p. 202)