Family Care of Schizophrenia: A Problem-solving Approach to the Treatment of Mental Illness

Falloon, Ian R. H.; Boyd, Jeffrey L.; McGill, Christine W.

ISBN 10: 089862049X / ISBN 13: 9780898620498

Published by The Guilford Press, 1984

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Light scuffs & scratches to the jacket, wear to the edges. Light wear & bumps to the board edges & corners. Faint marks to the edges of the textblock. Pen on the ffep. Content is in very good, clean condition.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Family Care of Schizophrenia: A Problem-solving Approach to the Treatment of Mental Illness
• Publisher: The Guilford Press
• Publication Date: 1984
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 089862049X
• ISBN 13: 9780898620498
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

In the ongoing search for causes for schizophrenia, focus on the harmful effects of critical or rejecting family members and deviant communication patterns has obscured the potentially beneficial role of many families in providing support for their schizophrenic relatives. Falloon and his colleagues have developed a model for the broad-based community treatment of schizophrenia and other severe forms of mental illness that taps this underutilized potential. Their exposition of the family care model, coupled with case studies and results from a controlled outcome study, reveal the family to be an important resource in the community management of mental illness.