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Living recovery : youth speak out on "owning" mental illness / JoAnn Elizabeth Leavey.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Waterloo, Ontario : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, (c)2015.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781554589180
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • RJ503 .L585 2015
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
Contents:
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.
Subject: 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.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

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.

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.

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