Living recovery : youth speak out on "owning" mental illness /
Leavey, JoAnn Elizabeth, 1959-
Living recovery : youth speak out on "owning" mental illness / JoAnn Elizabeth Leavey. - Waterloo, Ontario : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, (c)2015. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
One. Framing the Context for Youth with Mental Illness -- Introduction -- Terms Used in This Book -- Who Is This Book For? -- Redefining Our Understanding of Mental "Illness" -- The Journey of Youth Through the Mental Health System -- Framing the Context for Youth Living with Mental Illness -- The Effects of a Mental Illness Diagnosis on Youth -- Youth, Metaphor, and Mental Illness -- Youth and the Social Construction of Mental Illness -- The Significance and Direction of This Work -- Summary -- Two. How Do Youth Experience Mental Illness? -- Prevalence of Mental Illness -- Growing Up: Forming Identity and Developmental Tasks for Young People -- Some Common Problems Experienced by Youth with Mental Illness -- Summary -- Three. Youth Participants: Who Are They? -- Research Objectives -- Why Use Qualitative Research? -- The Interviews -- Demographic Profile of Participants -- My Impressions of Participants -- Summary.
Living Recovery provides critical information for practitioners and educators in mental health services about the self-described needs of young people diagnosed with mental illness. It portrays the stages of living with mental illness through the recovery model ELAR-emergence, loss, adaptation, and recovery.
9781554589180
Youth--Mental health.
Youth--Interviews.
Mentally ill--Interviews.
Stigma (Social psychology)
Needs assessment.
Mentally Ill Persons--psychology
Adolescent
Needs Assessment
Electronic Books.
RJ503 / .L585 2015
Living recovery : youth speak out on "owning" mental illness / JoAnn Elizabeth Leavey. - Waterloo, Ontario : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, (c)2015. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
One. Framing the Context for Youth with Mental Illness -- Introduction -- Terms Used in This Book -- Who Is This Book For? -- Redefining Our Understanding of Mental "Illness" -- The Journey of Youth Through the Mental Health System -- Framing the Context for Youth Living with Mental Illness -- The Effects of a Mental Illness Diagnosis on Youth -- Youth, Metaphor, and Mental Illness -- Youth and the Social Construction of Mental Illness -- The Significance and Direction of This Work -- Summary -- Two. How Do Youth Experience Mental Illness? -- Prevalence of Mental Illness -- Growing Up: Forming Identity and Developmental Tasks for Young People -- Some Common Problems Experienced by Youth with Mental Illness -- Summary -- Three. Youth Participants: Who Are They? -- Research Objectives -- Why Use Qualitative Research? -- The Interviews -- Demographic Profile of Participants -- My Impressions of Participants -- Summary.
Living Recovery provides critical information for practitioners and educators in mental health services about the self-described needs of young people diagnosed with mental illness. It portrays the stages of living with mental illness through the recovery model ELAR-emergence, loss, adaptation, and recovery.
9781554589180
Youth--Mental health.
Youth--Interviews.
Mentally ill--Interviews.
Stigma (Social psychology)
Needs assessment.
Mentally Ill Persons--psychology
Adolescent
Needs Assessment
Electronic Books.
RJ503 / .L585 2015