Grieving mental illness : a guide for patients and their caregivers
"This is a self-help book for anyone who has endured the effects of mental illness, whether as sufferer, friend, family member, or caregiver. It offers detailed, jargon-free guidelines to help readers come to terms with mental illness in a positive way, while avoiding disabling emotional responses. Sophisticated in its approach and comprehensive in its treatment, Grieving Mental Illness will be useful both to health care workers and to the general public."--Jacket
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xxii, 123 pages ; 23 cm
9780802085320, 0802085326
1019954368
1. Learning to Work with the Grieving Process
2. Grieving Begins with Acknowledging Loss
3. Denial Doesn't Deserve Its Bad Reputation
4. Be Sad!
5. Be Angry!
6. Taming Fear
7. Acceptance: The Journey Continues
App. I.A Practitioner's Guide for Working with the Grief of Mental Illness
App. II. Grieving Mental Illness: Responses to Frequently Asked Questions