Περιγραφή
Supporting a relative living with a psychotic disorder can be uniquely challenging when compared to other health conditions, leaving many family carers isolated and struggling with questions: Why us? How do others cope? Is it my fault? How much more can I take? This collection of personal accounts provides family carers with a helpful framework to make sense of their individual experiences and support their own coping and wellbeing. It details the myriad of positives, challenges and life-changing experiences that families encounter following the development of a psychotic illness in a loved one. The authors of these accounts are varied and include the parents, partners, siblings and children of those experiencing psychosis. This book will also serve as an excellent resource for psychiatrists, psychiatric nurses, psychologists, social workers, GPs and students who should find the book relevant both for their own practice and for those families they support.
- Caregivers are an under represented and seldom heard group. It will benefit those in caregiving roles to hear from others in similar positions and those working with families affected by psychosis and schizophrenia. The stories are diverse in their demography and should have wider appeal
- Psychosis and schizophrenia can be associated with stigma and different forms of exclusion and discrimination. The book will have an important role in helping to dispel myths and reduce stigma
- The brief accounts, capturing a broad group of carers and caregiving experiences, make it attractive to read and use as part of teaching and supervision efforts
