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Families in Pain: Children, Siblings, Spouses, and Parents of the Mentally Ill Speak Out
Families in Pain Children Siblings Spouses and Parents of the Mentally Ill Speak Out Author:Phyllis Vine Through moving interviews, Families in Pain, offers the compassionate, straightforward, and highly informative assistance so necessary to anyone faced with the challenge of caring for a mentally ill relative. Here is guidance on everything form finding a therapist, hospital, or halfway house to living with a mentally ill family member, org... more »anizing support groups, and deciding on the right outpatient program. Here also, for the first time outside the professional journals, is crucially important information on the most commonly used psychiatric drugs; guidelines on involuntary and civil commitment in all fifty sates; a glossary that clearly explains the often confusing terminology of the mental health field; and a source list of organizations and services working with the mentally ill. « less