Myths, madness, and the family : the impact of mental illness on families /: the impact of mental illness on families. (2001)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: David W. Jones ; consultant editor, Jo Campling.
• Other Names: Jones, David W (David Wyn), 1964-; Campling, Jo
• Contents: 1. The family, the asylum and community care -- 2. Observing the family -- 3. The complicated grief: 'living on the edge of the world' -- 4. The relationship with psychiatry and psychiatric knowledge -- 5. The moral construction of diagnosis: 'sickess made for anyone' -- 6. Coping with stigma: the significance of shame and identity -- 7. The myth of the family: 'love and all that business' -- 8. Managing myths: reaching new understandings -- 9. Concluding discussion: living with ambivalence -- Appendix A. The structure of interviews -- Appendix B. Details of identified patients (IP) and their families.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2001
• Extent: 1 online resource (216 pages)
• Subjects: 362.20422; Psychology; Families of the mentally ill; Mental Disorders -- psychology; Family -- psychology; Family Health; Mentally Ill Persons; Families of the mentally ill; Social work; Psychiatric nursing; Case Reports
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137210845; 1137210842
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.