Leavey, JoAnn Elizabeth,  1959- <br/><br/>
Living recovery :  youth speak out on "owning" mental illness / 
JoAnn Elizabeth Leavey. 
 - Waterloo, Ontario :  Wilfrid Laurier University Press,  (c)2015. 
 - 1 online resource 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781554589180 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Youth--Mental health.<br/>Youth--Interviews.<br/>Mentally ill--Interviews.<br/>Stigma (Social psychology)<br/>Needs assessment.<br/>Mentally Ill Persons--psychology<br/>Adolescent<br/>Needs Assessment
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RJ503  / .L585 2015