Book Review: “The Family Intervention Guide to Mental Illness”
Have you ever seen the pages of rave reviews at the beginning of a non-fiction book and thought it was overkill? This book is the rare exception. You can’t priase this book highly enough. I like it so much that I’m considering buying it (I currently keep taking out my local library’s only copy).
The Family Intervention Guide to Mental Illness: Recognizing Symptoms & Getting Treatment by Bodie Morey and Kim T. Muesser, Ph. D is written for both people who worry they may have a mental illness and for people living with someone with mental illness. As someone who is depressed and has lived with other mentally ill loved ones, I can honestly say that I wish this book had been written when I was a teenager.
Details
Information is written in an easy to understand manner and includes:
- How to recognize that someone is mentally ill
- The usual symptoms of more common mental illnesses like bipolar disorder and a breif discriptions of the different types of each particular disorder
- How to talk to someone about getting help
- How to help them or you find a doctor or therapist
- Scads of contact information and books for everything ranging from Alzheimer’s to eating disorders
- What NOT to say or do
Why I Really Like It
I like the fact that’s it’s co-written by people who have mental illnessesd and work with the mentally ill. I also really like that they discuss mental illness as just like any other medical condition, but don’t ignore the fact that discrimination against the mentally ill exists. It’s not a page-turner, but a good resource for anyone who suffers from depression.
January 29th, 2010 at 11:33 pm
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