The Madness of Our Lives: Experiences of Mental Breakdown and Recovery (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781843100577)

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 Madness of Our Lives breaks the silence around mental distress and offers hope and optimism to mental health service users and their carers.

Author: Penny Gray
ISBN-10: 1843100576
ISBN-13: 9781843100577
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Language: English
Published: 05/01/2006
Pages: 204
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.71lbs
Size: 9.16h x 6.26w x 0.54d

Review Citation(s):
Scitech Book News 12/01/2006 pg. 77