Family Experiences with Mental Illness

by Richard Tessler and Gail Gamache

Book Overview

Tessler and Gamache provide substantial research on the impact of mental illness on the family through interviews conducted with hundreds of family members between 1989 and 1997. According to the authors, how families experience the mental illness of a relative depends on many social factors, including how public mental health services are organized and financed, and whether families feel judged or supported by professionals.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0865692521
• ISBN13: 9780865692527
• Release Date: March 2000
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.2"