When Your Loved One Has a Mental Illness: Volume 1

By Olabisi Ihenyen

Dr. Mrs. Olabisi Ihenyen is a consultant psychiatrist and past medical director of the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Benin City, Nigeria. She is a fellow of the West African College of physicians, a Hubert Humphrey fellow and an alumnus of Johns Hopkins University, Maryland, USA. She has been an associate lecturer in mental health at the University of Benin, the Ambrose Ali University Ekpoma and Igbinedion University Okada, all in Nigeria. The book is intended to enlighten the public about issues pertaining to mental health and disorders by creating awareness to things that happen in everyone's daily activities that can lead to a mental breakdown. It comprises easy-to-read materials that are discussed with some life sample cases. It addresses issues of stigma and the burden of mental illness, so that we can all live a healthy life. It is recommended for the laypeople, healthcare-givers, social workers and the clergy. Book jacket.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1483562670
• ISBN13: 9781483562674
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Bookbaby
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.4"