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Family experiences with mental illness [electronic resource] / Richard Tessler and Gail Gamache.

By: Tessler, Richard C.
Contributor(s): Gamache, Gail, 1938-.
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Westport, Conn. : Auburn House, 2000General Notes: Available through the EBSCO e-book Collection, which can be found on the Davenport University Library database page.Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-183) and index.Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 187 p.) : ill.ISBN: 9780313003127 (electronic bk.).Subject(s): Mentally ill -- Family relationships | Mental illness | FamiliesGenre/Form: Electronic books DDC classification: 362.2/0422 Online resources: Access full-text materials at no charge:
Contents:
Mental Illness and the Family -- Family Experiences in Ohio: 1989-1992 -- The Research Landscape -- What Basic Needs Did Family Members Provide? -- What Troublesome Behaviors Did Family Members Try to Control? -- How Much Did Family Members Spend? -- What Were the Emotional Costs for Family Members? -- What Were the Positive Aspects for Family Members? -- How Involved Were Other Members of the Family Household? -- Family Experiences in Ohio: 1995-1997 -- The Research Landscape Revisited -- How Much Involvement Do Family Members Want? -- How Did Family Members Evaluate Professionals, Services, and Systems? -- What Did Family Members Know about Mental Health Insurance Coverage? -- Implications -- Dilemmas of Kinship.
Summary: "Through interviews conducted with hundreds of family members [in Ohio] between 1989 and 1997, Tessler and Gamache provide substantial research on the impact of mental illness on the family ... [and] take a holistic approach to the family experience and present a variety of family responses and dilemmas."--Cover.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-183) and index.

Available through the EBSCO e-book Collection, which can be found on the Davenport University Library database page.

Mental Illness and the Family -- Family Experiences in Ohio: 1989-1992 -- The Research Landscape -- What Basic Needs Did Family Members Provide? -- What Troublesome Behaviors Did Family Members Try to Control? -- How Much Did Family Members Spend? -- What Were the Emotional Costs for Family Members? -- What Were the Positive Aspects for Family Members? -- How Involved Were Other Members of the Family Household? -- Family Experiences in Ohio: 1995-1997 -- The Research Landscape Revisited -- How Much Involvement Do Family Members Want? -- How Did Family Members Evaluate Professionals, Services, and Systems? -- What Did Family Members Know about Mental Health Insurance Coverage? -- Implications -- Dilemmas of Kinship.

"Through interviews conducted with hundreds of family members [in Ohio] between 1989 and 1997, Tessler and Gamache provide substantial research on the impact of mental illness on the family ... [and] take a holistic approach to the family experience and present a variety of family responses and dilemmas."--Cover.

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