Storying Mental Illness and Personal Recovery

by Dorthe Kirkegaard Thomsen, Rikke Jensen, Tine Holm

This book contains excerpts of life stories from 118 individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, and major depressive disorder. This library of personal narratives, heavily reproduced and quoted throughout the text, presents a composite image of the ways in which narrative identity can be affected by mental illness while also being a resource for personal recovery. Those researching, studying,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108830455
• ISBN13: 9781108830454
• Release Date: February 2023
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"