The Interactive World of Severe Mental Illness: Case Studies of the U.S. Mental Health System

by Diana Semmelhack, Larry Ende, Arthur Freeman, et al.

In our society, medication is often seen as the treatment for severe mental illness, with psychotherapy a secondary treatment. However, quality social interaction may be as important for the recovery of those with severe mental illness as are treatments. This volume makes this point while describing the emotionally moving lives of eight individuals with severe mental illness as they exist in the U.S. mental health system. Offering social and psychological...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 041574301X
• ISBN13: 9780415743013
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"