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1031075
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b785445
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| Main Entry
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Gray, Penny.
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| Title & Author
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The madness of our lives : : experiences of mental breakdown and recovery /\ Penny Gray ; foreword by Peter Campbell.
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| Publication Statement
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London ;Philadelphia :: Jessica Kingsley Publishers,, 2006.
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1 online resource (204 pages)
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| ISBN
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1280737948
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: 1843100576
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: 1846425042
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: 9781280737947
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: 9781843100577
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: 9781846425042
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1843100576
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 200-201).
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| Contents
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Dealing with life stresses -- Eating a Mars bar : Jane Pole-Jones -- Counselling was the turning point : Cheryl Stromeyer -- No easy answers : Keith Bright -- My music saved my life : Francie O'Connor -- Women survivors of childhood abuse -- I was lucky in a way : Steph Corby -- I'd always thought crying was a sin : Diane Johnson -- Oops, there goes the telly : Lesley Tutt -- Young men in crisis -- I'd rather it was a chapter I'd forgotten about : Paul Mann -- Doing all right, considering : Adrian Stiles -- It does teach you a bit about human nature : Graeme Wilson -- An insider perspective -- Really enthusiastic about antidepressants : Stephen Goodfellow.
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| Abstract
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What precipitates mental breakdown? How do people experience such extremes - and how do they see others' interpretations and interventions? Most important, how do people recover from these episodes and get their lives back? These are some of the questions addressed in this anthology of first-hand accounts of mental breakdown and recovery. Eleven very different stories together shed light on what triggers mental breakdown, what it is like to be 'mad', whether treatment helps and how people reclaim themselves and their lives. Based on tape-recorded interviews with people.
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Mental health, Anecdotes.
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Mental illness, Anecdotes.
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Mentally ill, Anecdotes.
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Psychology, Pathological.
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MEDICAL-- Mental Health.
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MEDICAL-- Psychiatry-- General.
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Mental Health Services.
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Mental health.
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Mental illness.
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Mentally ill.
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Psychiatry.
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PSYCHOLOGY-- Clinical Psychology.
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PSYCHOLOGY-- Mental Illness.
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PSYCHOLOGY-- Psychopathology-- General.
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Psychology, Pathological.
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Psychology.
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| Dewey Classification
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616.89
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| LC Classification
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RC351.G732 2006eb
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