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The madness of our lives: experiences of mental breakdown and recovery
- Author:
- GRAY Penny
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 204p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
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 who have been through a mental breakdown and come out the other side of it, the book breaks the silence around mental distress and offers hope and optimism to mental health service users and their carers.
Mental health care for refugees and asylum seekers: a guide for advisory workers
- Authors:
- MAHMOUD Aleia, GRAY Penny
- Publisher:
- Mental Health Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 28p.,list of orgs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Booklet aimed at refugee advisory workers. Contains sections on: refugees and mental health; varieties of mental health problems; treating mental health problems; mental health services; how mental health care is delivered; and how to get help.