You Are Not Alone (eBook)

The NAMI Guide to Navigating Mental Health-With Advice from Experts and Wisdom from Real People and Families

Ken Duckworth (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2022
Zando (Verlag)
978-1-63893-001-3 (ISBN)

Infos

Written with authority and compassion, this is the essential resource for individuals and families seeking expert guidance on diagnosis, treatment, and recovery, featuring inspiring, true stories from real people in their own words.Millions of people in the United States are affected by mental illness every year, and the Covid-19 pandemic only further exposed the shortcomings of the American mental health system. Too many are confused, afraid, and overwhelmed, with many asking themselves the same questions: What does it mean when different doctors give me different diagnoses? What if my insurance won't cover my treatment? Will I ever feel better? Families and friends are often left in the dark about how best to help their loved ones, from dealing with financial and logistical issues, to handling the emotional challenges of loving someone who is suffering.You Are Not Alone is here to offer help. Written by Dr. Ken Duckworth with the wisdom of a psychiatrist and the vulnerability of a peer, this comprehensive guide centers the poignant lived experiences of over 125 individuals from across the country whose first-person stories illustrate the diversity of mental health journeys. This book also provides Practical guidance on dealing with a vast array of mental health conditions and navigating care Research-based evidence on what treatments and approaches work Insight and advice from renowned clinical experts and practitionersThis singular resource-the first book from the National Alliance on Mental Illness-is a powerful reminder that help is here, and you are never alone.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 20.9.2022
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Historische Romane
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: 12-step programs • A beautiful mind • acceptance • ACLU • addiction • ADHD • adolescence • Agoraphobia • Alcoholics Anonymous • alcoholism • Alzheimer • American Psychiatric Association • American Psychological Association • Amphetamines • Antipsychotics • Autoimmune disorders • awareness • Bessel van der Kolk • Better Help • Bipolar Disorder • Borderline Personality Disorder • both/and approach • brain • Breathing • Cognitive behavior therapy • conservatorships • Coping • Corinne Foxx • Counseling • daily routine • dementia • Depression • Detox • developmental trauma • dialectical behavior therapy • dissociative identity disorder • Eating Disorders • electroconvulsive • Electroconvulsive Therapy • Emotions • Empathy • Exposure therapy • Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy • Fair Housing Act • Fountain House • Gender • George Floyd • guardianships • hopelessness • Incarceration • Indian Health Service • institutionalization • Ketamine • LGBTQ+ • Lithium • loneliness • LSD • Major Depressive Disorder • MDMA • medication • Meditation • Mental Health • Mindfulness • naloxone • NAMI, National Alliance on Mental Illness, mental health, depression, trauma, therapy, stress, substance use disorder, alcoholism, recovery, treatment, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, OCD, psychosis, post-traumatic stress disorder PTSD, opioid use disorder, acceptance, rehabilitation, counseling, family, addiction, adolescence, dissociative identity disorder, Adverse Childhood Experience Study, agoraphobia, Alcoholics Anonymous, Alzheimer, SSR • Narcotics Anonymous • National Alliance on Mental Illness • National Alliance on Mental Illness, mental health, depression, trauma, therapy, stress, substance use disorder, alcoholism, recovery, treatment, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, OCD, psychosis, post-traumatic stress disorder PTSD, opioid use disorder, acceptance, rehabilitation, counseling, addiction, adolescence, dissociative identity disorder, agoraphobia, Alcoholics Anonymous, Alzheimer, SSRI antidepressants, awareness, ACLU, American Psych • nervous system • neurostimulation • Nicotine • NiMH • obsessive compulsive disorder • OCD • Opiates • opioid use disorder • overdoses • Oxycontin • Paranoia • parasympathetic nervous system • Perceptions • Police training • postpartum • post-traumatic stress disorder PTSD • prognosis • Prolonged Grief Disorder • Prozac • Psychosis • psychotherapy • Racism • Recovery • Rehabilitation • Religion • Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation • Schizophrenia • serenity prayer • Sexual orientation • Shame • shock treatment • Sleep • Spirituality • SSRI antidepressants • Steroid • Stress • Substance use disorder • Suicide Prevention Lifeline • Syphilis • the body keeps the score • therapy • Trauma • Treatment • Trevor Project • tuskegee • Withdrawal
• ISBN-10: 1-63893-001-5 / 1638930015
• ISBN-13: 978-1-63893-001-3 / 9781638930013