Myths, Madness and the Family by Jo Campling
Drawing on original research, to help increase our knowledge about the experiences of families of people suffering from severe mental illness, this book argues that families struggle with cultural beliefs about families and madness, but can still provide support for people with mental illness.
'David Jones has written a compelling book about the complex issues entailed in being family members of sufferers from mental illnessThe book provides us with a critical appraisal of the sociological and psychological conceptual layers and the policy context necessary for understanding these issues, all too often missing in other books written about this subject...Through in-depth interviews of forty carers, couched in a way which enables the carers to talk in their own voice, we get the rare opportunity of understanding the world of these carers.' - Professor Shulamit Ramon, Anglia Polytechnic University, Cambridge 'I commend this book by David Jones. It offers a number of helpful pathways to the mental health practitioner, in particular in support of what I would call collaborative or co-operative practice with people with a mental illness and their relatives...This book...analyses and represents, straightforwardly, important views of relatives. It is a well-organized book with a helpful, critical literature. It enables the reader to extract its useful messages without too much difficulty.' - Chris Warren-Adamson, University of Southampton, Child and Family Social Work 'This powerfully written book is a welcome addition to the social work literature.' - Kate Cavanagh, University of Glasgow, The British Journal of Social Work
DAVID W. JONES is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Human Sciences at Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College. He has taught in sociology departments at the LSE and South Bank University where he also taught social work students and mental health professionals.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780333776186 |
| ISBN 10 | 0333776186 |
| Title | Myths, Madness and the Family |
| Author | David W Jones |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2001-11-13 |
| Number of pages | 216 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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