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Families and Mental Disorders: From Burden to Empowerment

Juan José Lopez-Ibor (Editor), Julian Leff (Editor), Ahmed Okasha (Editor), Mario Maj (Editor), Norman Sartorius (Editor) 

ISBN: 978-0-470-02471-3

October 2005

320 pages

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Families and Mental Disorders: From Burden to Empowerment

Juan José Lopez-Ibor,Julian Leff,Ahmed Okasha,Mario Maj,Norman Sartorius

E-Book
978-0-470-02383-9
May 2005
$172.00
O-Book
978-0-470-02471-3
October 2005
Available on Wiley Online Library
Description
According to the World Health Organization’s World Health Report 2001, one family in four worldwide has at least one member currently suffering from a mental disorder. This disorder often remains undiagnosed and untreated, but the behaviour of the ill person usually has a significant impact on the quality of life of the family and on the mental health of the other members of the family, and generates feelings of shame, guilt, helplessness and despair.

This book provides a comprehensive picture of currently available evidence about the specific characteristics of the burden on the families of people with the various mental disorders, the coping strategies which increase or decrease this burden, the family interventions of proven efficacy, and what should be said and what should not be said to the relatives of people with the various conditions.

About the Author

Mario Maj, Department of Psychiatry, University of Naples, Italy.

Julian Leff, Institute of Psychiatry, University of London, UK.

Norman Sartorius, University of Geneva, Switzerland.

Ahmed Okasha, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.

Series
World Psychiatric Association
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