Family Guide in Dealing with Mental Illness

There are many books on housekeeping, caring for flowers and houseplants, and others on raising dogs, but there is no book that tells people how to behave? What do they do when a loved one has a mental illness?From this standpoint, Edith Stern, a physician specializing in psychiatry, presented this guide intended for families in dealing with mental illness. It combats misconceptions about mental illness and the way its victims are treated, and provides practical advice regarding the connections between families and patients and between them and the hospital. The book is in His chapters go behind the scenes of mental hospitals, to briefly describe these places, which seem mysteriously terrifying to those who contact them, what they really are, and explain some of their methods. He intended the book to be used, chapter by chapter, during the occurrence of mental illness, and for this reason there was some repetition. He intended each chapter to be a self-contained unit, to be used when the time comes. The material of this book is familiar to every specialist in psychiatry, and every Mental health nurse, and every psychiatric social worker.