Families and mental disorders [electronic resource] : from burden to empowerment / edited by Norman Sartorius [and others].
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...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Chichester :
Wiley,
©2005.
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| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 299 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0470023821 9780470023822 0470024712 9780470024713 9780470023839 047002383X 1280275677 9781280275678 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |