{"product_id":"guide-to-mental-illness-1-marianne-c-richards-9781518655197","title":"Guide to Mental Illness 1: Outline History, Stigma and The Law","description":"This is a comprehensive guide to mental illness in two volumes, covering a wide range of symptoms and diagnoses. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn astonishing 50 MILLION people endure mental Illness during their lifetime, over half never receiving treatment. This huge burden of suffering is unnecessary, given modern medication and psychotherapy. Understanding symptoms \u0026amp; effects, causes and triggers is key to recovery, also dispelling myths such as sufferers being 'weak' in character. This is like saying you must endure the pain, without analgesics, if you break a leg! \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis volume contains a history of mental illness and treatments, from historic to modern times, including mental health law and care in the community. For decades, anyone serious mental disorder would be locked away, subjected to treatments now considered inhumane. This is why the Government set up the Mental Health Act, regulating the treatment of serious mental illness, protecting the vulnerable and the public. You will come to understand how changing views of society across the ages reflects how mental illness was treated and the origin of stigmas that last to this day. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVolume two covers diagnosis, treatment, case studies with vignettes of professionals. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMarianne Richards is a qualified, experienced Counsellor and Mental Health Worker, who left the profession after blowing the whistle on mismanagement, being reviled and bullied as a result. She received professional acclaim for these layman's guides to mental illness, written in plain English.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marianne C. Richards\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 151865519X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781518655197\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/18\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 116\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.28d","brand":"Marianne C. Richards","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43940070031615,"sku":"9781518655197","price":13.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_64b8809b-00aa-4967-8991-e73c2b91c12c.jpg?v=1681445112","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/guide-to-mental-illness-1-marianne-c-richards-9781518655197","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}