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Mental Illness Mi Doesn’t Look Like Me

Author : Susie L. Landown-Clarke
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1546202048
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (462 download)

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Download or read book Mental Illness Mi Doesn’t Look Like Me written by Susie L. Landown-Clarke and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2017-07-31 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a story of intimate warfare among rivals, where friend and foe confront the spiritual suffocation of a woman suffering from complex mental illnesses and disorders. She was desperate to be unchained from layers and layers of emotional tyranny believed to have inadvertently transpired either at birth, after multiple brain traumas, or even from the daily hustle and bustle of “having it all” (career, family, and affluence). Mental illness often emerges as a thief in the darkness, aiming to defeat the will to not only survive but also to live. She met a foe called GEMS, which became a deceitful friend but a trusted confidant. Her rejection by others led to an increasing reliance on GEMS, which she thought could save her from self-destruction but proved to be the awakening she so desperately ached for. The pilfering of her cerebral functioning was proof that a ghostly foothold had psychologically invaded her psyche, robbing her of mental and emotional health. Her mind was in a constant rage because of ravaging storms of depression, anxiety, memory loss, PTSD, panic disorder, and bipolar disorder. These ravaging emotional attackers even led her to contemplate suicide after becoming cerebrally unfit. After tumbling toward a fearful demise, she began decoding the mystery to her existence after five years of chaos. The author experienced a supernatural spiritual healing that caused her to be reborn in the flesh. This author’s story is inspiring and enriching, with a spellbinding journey that she hopes initiates inclusive dialogues with mental illness sufferers. This story will leave you speechless that this author is willing to share a plight so difficult to overcome. The author conveys that after sharing this story, she is not 100 percent cured, but she is surely 100 percent better. Everyone has a different normalcy, so the expectation from one to another is inequitable in measuring one’s curative healing.

Bipolar Me

Author : Janet Coburn
Publisher : Sarah Fader
ISBN 13 : 9781949351095
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Bipolar Me written by Janet Coburn and published by Sarah Fader. This book was released on 2018-09-20 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Janet Coburn draws on the posts from her award-winning blog, Bipolar Me, to illuminate the life of persons who live with bipolar disorder. As a woman living with bipolar 2 disorder, the author has direct experience of the subjects she covers and opens her life to readers. With chapters covering symptoms, treatments, the ups and downs of everyday life, and more, the author provides both valuable information and personal stories of struggles with mental illness. She wants people to know that help, healing, and a rich, rewarding life are possible.This book is recommended for anyone who is interested in or has bipolar disorder, and for people who are family, friends, or loved ones of someone who lives with the condition.

Mental Illness Mi Doesnt Look Like Me

Author : Susie L. Landown-Clarke
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781546202066
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Mental Illness Mi Doesnt Look Like Me written by Susie L. Landown-Clarke and published by . This book was released on 2017-07-31 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a story of intimate warfare among rivals, where friend and foe confront the spiritual suffocation of a woman suffering from complex mental illnesses and disorders. She was desperate to be unchained from layers and layers of emotional tyranny believed to have inadvertently transpired either at birth, after multiple brain traumas, or even from the daily hustle and bustle of "having it all" (career, family, and affluence). Mental illness often emerges as a thief in the darkness, aiming to defeat the will to not only survive but also to live. She met a foe called GEMS, which became a deceitful friend but a trusted confidant. Her rejection by others led to an increasing reliance on GEMS, which she thought could save her from self-destruction but proved to be the awakening she so desperately ached for. The pilfering of her cerebral functioning was proof that a ghostly foothold had psychologically invaded her psyche, robbing her of mental and emotional health. Her mind was in a constant rage because of ravaging storms of depression, anxiety, memory loss, PTSD, panic disorder, and bipolar disorder. These ravaging emotional attackers even led her to contemplate suicide after becoming cerebrally unfit. After tumbling toward a fearful demise, she began decoding the mystery to her existence after five years of chaos. The author experienced a supernatural spiritual healing that caused her to be reborn in the flesh. This author's story is inspiring and enriching, with a spellbinding journey that she hopes initiates inclusive dialogues with mental illness sufferers. This story will leave you speechless that this author is willing to share a plight so difficult to overcome. The author conveys that after sharing this story, she is not 100 percent cured, but she is surely 100 percent better. Everyone has a different normalcy, so the expectation from one to another is inequitable in measuring one's curative healing.

Homeless Hero

Author : Mike Tapscott
Publisher : Abbott Press
ISBN 13 : 1458210650
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (582 download)

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Download or read book Homeless Hero written by Mike Tapscott and published by Abbott Press. This book was released on 2013-07-30 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grand Prize Winner of the 2014 Great Southwest Book Festival and Silver Medal Winner of the 2014 Global Ebook Awards - Homeless Hero: Understanding the Soul of Home considers the human mission to know the soul and navigate life experiences. Tapscott's book explores humanity in a way that is vibrantly vivid and personally accessible to the reader. Many questions that we have probably asked ourselves at one time or another are addressed: what is homelessness, why does it exist, are they just on drugs, how do I help, when is helping really enabling, and why does it bother me so much in the first place? Here is a compilation of experiences from Tapscott's experimental journey into life on the streets, his own volunteer work, and his fascinating interviews with individuals utilizing and individuals working for the social service system. Homeless Hero is a case study, an experiment, an adventure, and a multi-layered examination of American society that seeks to help you expand your understanding of homelessness and more importantly your own humanity.

Emergent Grace

Author : Erin Grimm
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1666765988
Total Pages : 83 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (667 download)

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Download or read book Emergent Grace written by Erin Grimm and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2023-02-21 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you Christian or thinking about becoming Christian but don't know how to reconcile faith and medicine? Do you yourself, or someone you love, live with debilitating mental health challenges? Do you find it necessary to take medicine? Have you been told to take medicine but can't find meaning in the process? After over a decade of struggling with serious mental illness,(SMI), Erin Michael Grimm is finally stable and (often) symptom free, though she is committed to staying on a relatively high dose of medicine to stay well and to encourage her readers to do the same. The book was written to encourage persons with serious mental illness to commit to treatment and wellness so that they will be able to thrive and fight stigma with enduring confidence.

The Hot House

Author : Pete Earley
Publisher : Bantam
ISBN 13 : 0307808319
Total Pages : 558 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book The Hot House written by Pete Earley and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2011-11-09 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stunning account of life behind bars at the federal penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas, where the nation’s hardest criminals do hard time. “A page-turner, as compelling and evocative as the finest novel. The best book on prison I’ve ever read.”—Jonathan Kellerman The most dreaded facility in the prison system because of its fierce population, Leavenworth is governed by ruthless clans competing for dominance. Among the “star” players in these pages: Carl Cletus Bowles, the sexual predator with a talent for murder; Dallas Scott, a gang member who has spent almost thirty of his forty-two years behind bars; indomitable Warden Robert Matthews, who put his shoulder against his prison’s grim reality; Thomas Silverstein, a sociopath confined in “no human contact” status since 1983; “tough cop” guard Eddie Geouge, the only officer in the penitentiary with the authority to sentence an inmate to “the Hole”; and William Post, a bank robber with a criminal record going back to when he was eight years old—and known as the “Catman” for his devoted care of the cats who live inside the prison walls. Pete Earley, celebrated reporter and author of Family of Spies, all but lived for nearly two years inside the primordial world of Leavenworth, where he conducted hundreds of interviews. Out of this unique, extraordinary access comes the riveting story of what life is actually like in the oldest maximum-security prison in the country. Praise for The Hot House “Reporting at its very finest.”—Los Angeles Times “The book is a large act of courage, its subject an important one, and . . . Earley does it justice.”—The Washington Post Book World “[A] riveting, fiercely unsentimental book . . . To [Earley’s] credit, he does not romanticize the keepers or the criminals. His cool and concise prose style serves him well. . . . This is a gutsy book.”—Chicago Tribune “Harrowing . . . an exceptional work of journalism.”—Detroit Free Press “If you’re going to read any book about prison, The Hot House is the one. . . . It is the most realistic, unbuffed account of prison anywhere in print.”—Kansas City Star “A superb piece of reporting.”—Tom Clancy

Schizophrenia: The Positive Perspective

Author : Peter Chadwick
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134046804
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book Schizophrenia: The Positive Perspective written by Peter Chadwick and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-10-09 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fully revised second edition of Schizophrenia: The Positive Perspective uses biographical sketches and essays to discuss schizophrenia and related conditions, providing advice on methods of coping, routes to growth, recovery and well-being, and how schizophrenia can be viewed in a positive light. It also explores the insights of R.D. Laing and discusses how they can be applied to contemporary ideas and research. In this expanded edition Peter Chadwick, a previous sufferer, builds on his earlier edition and introduces new topics including: Cannabis smoking and schizophrenia. Psychoanalytic approaches to psychosis and their extension into the spiritual domain. Using cognitive behaviour therapy in the treatment of profound existential distress. How experiences on the edge of madness can be relevant to understanding reality. Schizophrenia: The Positive Perspective encourages hope, confidence and increased self-esteem in schizophrenia sufferers and raises new questions about how schizophrenia should be evaluated. It is important reading for anyone working with schizophrenic people including psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, and other mental health professionals.

Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing

Author : Katie Evans
Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
ISBN 13 : 0729585433
Total Pages : 664 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (295 download)

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Download or read book Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing written by Katie Evans and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2016-09-27 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing has established itself as Australia and New Zealand's foremost mental health nursing text and is an essential resource for all undergraduate nursing students. This new edition has been thoroughly revised and updated to reflect current research and changing attitudes about mental health, mental health services and mental health nursing in Australia and New Zealand. Set within a recovery and consumer-focused framework, this text provides vital information for approaching the most familiar disorders mental health nurses and students will see in clinical practice, along with helpful suggestions about what the mental health nurse can say and do to interact effectively with consumers and their families. Visit evolve.elsevier.com for your additional resources: eBook on Vital Source Resources for Students and Instructors: Student practice questions Test bank Case studies Powerful consumer story videos 3 new chapters: - Physical health care: addresses the physical health of people with mental health problems and the conditions that have an association with increased risk of mental health problems - Mental health promotion: engages with the ways in which early intervention can either prevent or alleviate the effects of mental health problems - Challenging behaviours: presents a range of risk assessments specifically focused upon challenging behaviours Now addresses emerging issues, such as: - The transitioning of mental health care to primary care - The development of peer and service user led services, accreditation and credentialing - Mental Health Nurse Incentive Program

Spiritually Competent Practice in Health Care

Author : John Wattis
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1498778437
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (987 download)

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Download or read book Spiritually Competent Practice in Health Care written by John Wattis and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2017-07-28 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book will be of tremendous use to all healthcare professionals from physicians to nurses to social workers, rehabilitation therapists, and chaplains. The pathway taken here is a sensible and reasonable one, emphasizing a patient-centred approach that underscores the importance of spiritually competent care. The Editors do an excellent job of describing how to integrate spirituality into patient care for all of the different healthcare professionals. They also emphasize the importance of an evidence-based approach that is guided by research. This book provides superb guidelines that will be enormously helpful to every healthcare professional. Harold G Koenig, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina This practical guide tackles the important issues of spirituality in health care, emphasising the role of organisations in developing a culture of leadership and management that facilitates spiritual care. Spirituality is a central part of holistic care that addresses physical, mental, emotional and spiritual aspects of care in an integrated way. The chapters are written by experts in their fields, pitched at the practitioner level rather than addressing ‘spirituality’ as a purely theoretical concept. Each one describes the realities of spiritually competent practice and show how it can be taught and put into practice in a variety of areas and settings, including Undergraduate and Postgraduate education Acute healthcare settings Mental health Primary care End of Life Care Creative organisations Social services Ideal for practitioners, educators, trainees and managers in nursing and healthcare, the book is also relevant reading for occupational therapists, physiotherapists, social workers and psychologists.

Varcarolis' Foundations of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing - E-Book

Author : Margaret Jordan Halter
Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
ISBN 13 : 0323417310
Total Pages : 696 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (234 download)

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Download or read book Varcarolis' Foundations of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing - E-Book written by Margaret Jordan Halter and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2017-07-11 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Varcarolis' Foundations of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing, 8th Edition is the most comprehensive RN psychiatric nursing text on the market! Awarded second place in the 2018 AJN Book of the Year Awards in Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing category. User-friendly by design, it simplifies the often-intimidating subject of psychiatric-mental health nursing with a practical, clinical perspective. This edition was revised in conjunction with a readability expert to support clarity and ease of understanding. Chapters follow the nursing process framework and progress from theory to application, preparing your students for clinical practice with real-world examples. New to this edition are full-page illustrated explanations about the neurobiology of disorders and associated medications, criteria from the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th edition (DSM-5) for major disorders, completely revised Evidence-Based Practice boxes, and a fully rewritten chapter on Dying, Death, and Grieving to provide students with essential information about difficult topics. Mentor-like writing style reinforces important information and helps in applying textbook content to the clinical setting. Coverage of key topics and emerging nursing trends keep you current with best practices in the field. Considering Culture boxes discuss the importance of person-centered care in providing competent care to diverse populations in various clinical situations. Vignettes with vivid mini-stories prepare you for real-world practice with personal, descriptive characterizations of patients with specific psychiatric disorders. Health Policy Boxes introduce the role you can play in advocating for patients and the profession. Clinical chapters follow the six-step nursing process, providing consistent guidelines for comprehensive assessment and intervention. NEW! Full-page illustrated explanations about the neurobiology of disorders and associated medications. NEW! DSM-5 guidelines from the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders are fully incorporated in the text, and include updated NANDA content. NEW! Completely revised Evidence-Based Practice boxes. NEW! Revised chapter on Dying, Death and Grieving gives you all the vital information you need. NEW! Ten NCLEX-style questions and answers at the end of each chapter.

Disparities in Mental Health

Author : Farnam Mohebi
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
ISBN 13 : 2832545122
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (325 download)

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Download or read book Disparities in Mental Health written by Farnam Mohebi and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2024-02-22 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Health inequity not only has tremendous economic burden, but also impairs the foundations of social justice in any society. The current state of scientific knowledge supports the existence of significant inequities and disparities between different social groups. A significant part of our understanding of the health inequities lies in the realm of physical diseases, though mental health’s nature makes it more vulnerable to disparities. Mental health issues are sensitive matters that require additional trust, cultural appropriateness, acceptance, and support from healthcare providers and healthcare systems. As a result, not only mental health patients are at risk of disparities that exist in physical diseases, but they also face other challenges such as social stigma, language barriers, and fear of treatment that could result in disparities. Considering all these, we need to understand where the inequities are in the realm of mental health and who is being affected the most. We also need to know the existing policies and their effectiveness and efficiency. And with all these, then, we could plan how to decrease mental health disparities and provide welfare to all.

Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing in the UK

Author : Katie Evans
Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
ISBN 13 : 070208025X
Total Pages : 561 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing in the UK written by Katie Evans and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2019-06-28 with total page 561 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing in the UK is an adaptation of Australia and New Zealand’s foremost mental health nursing text and is an essential resource for both mental health nursing students and qualified nurses. Thoroughly revised and updated to reflect current research and the UK guidelines as well as the changing attitudes about mental health, mental health services and mental health nursing in UK. Set within a recovery and patient framework, this text provides vital information for approaching the most familiar disorders mental health nurses and students will see in clinical practice, along with helpful suggestions about what the mental health nurse can say and do to interact effectively with patients and their families. Gives readers a thorough grounding in the theory of mental health nursing. Case studies throughout the text allow readers to understand the application of theory in every day practice. Includes critical thinking challenges and ethical dilemmas to encourage the reader to think about and explore complex issues. Exercises for class engagement complement learning and development in the classroom environment.

Ben Behind His Voices

Author : Randye Kaye
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1442210915
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book Ben Behind His Voices written by Randye Kaye and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2011-10-16 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When readers first meet Ben, he is a sweet, intelligent, seemingly well-adjusted youngster. Fast forward to his teenage years, though, and Ben's life has spun out of control. Ben is swept along by an illness over which he has no control—one that results in runaway episodes, periods of homelessness, seven psychotic breaks, seven hospitalizations, and finally a diagnosis and treatment plan that begins to work. Schizophrenia strikes an estimated one in a hundred people worldwide by some estimates, and yet understanding of the illness is lacking. Through Ben's experiences, and those of his mother and sister, who supported Ben through every stage of his illness and treatment, readers gain a better understanding of schizophrenia, as well as mental illness in general, and the way it affects individuals and families. Here, Kaye encourages families to stay together and find strength while accepting the reality of a loved one's illness; she illustrates, through her experiences as Ben's mother, the delicate balance between letting go and staying involved. She honors the courage of anyone who suffers with mental illness and is trying to improve his life and participate in his own recovery. Ben Behind His Voices also reminds professionals in the psychiatric field that every patient who comes through their doors has a life, one that he has lost through no fault of his own. It shows what goes right when professionals treat the family as part of the recovery process and help them find support, education, and acceptance. And it reminds readers that those who suffer from mental illness, and their families, deserve respect, concern, and dignity.

Mental Health and the Christian

Author : Ian Williams
Publisher : Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1098048121
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (98 download)

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Download or read book Mental Health and the Christian written by Ian Williams and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-11-03 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mental Health and the Christian takes a look at the brain, mind, and soul as interchangeable entities and the effects of external and internal stimuli on homeostatic functions. Human beings are consumers. We consume through three gates: eyes, ears, and mouth. How everything we ingest affects what genes are turned on and off in the mind and body is called epigenetics. Achieving homeostasis or balance is the ultimate goal. For Christians, the health, growth, and development of the spirit man calls for a healthy thought process together with a diet beneficial to achieving homeostasis in our lifestyle. This book attempts to broach the subject by removing some of the misconceptions about mental health as it pertains to the lifestyle of Christians, eliminating some of the taboos and erasing the shame. This is nothing more than a rudimentary tool to be used to open dialogue about how we as Christians perceive mental health, thereby equipping us to approach and understand ministering to those among us who may be suffering in secret. The aim is to bring them out of the shadows and into the light, delivering them.

Street Sex Workers' Discourse

Author : Jill McCracken
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135944989
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (359 download)

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Download or read book Street Sex Workers' Discourse written by Jill McCracken and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-04-17 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Incorporating the voices and insights of street sex workers through personal interviews, this monograph argues that the material conditions of many street workers — the physical environments they live in and their effects on the workers’ bodies, identities, and spirits — are represented, reproduced, and entrenched in the language surrounding their work. As an ethnographic case study of a local system that can be extrapolated to other subcultures and the construction of identities, this book disrupts some of the more prevalent academic and lay understandings about street prostitution by providing a thorough analysis of the material conditions surrounding street work and their connection to discourse. McCracken offers an explanation of how constructions can be made differently in order to achieve representations that are generated by the marginalized populations themselves, while placing responsibility for this marginalization on the society in which these people live.

Mental Health, Substance-use Disorders, and Homelessness

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Subcommittee on Health
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (327 download)

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Download or read book Mental Health, Substance-use Disorders, and Homelessness written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Subcommittee on Health and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Addressing Health Inequities in People with Serious Mental Illness

Author : Leopoldo J. Cabassa
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190937300
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (99 download)

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Download or read book Addressing Health Inequities in People with Serious Mental Illness written by Leopoldo J. Cabassa and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2023 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "For more than half a century, the public health crisis impacting people with SMI has often been ignored, and until recently, rarely addressed. Compared to people without mental disorders, people with SMI die at a younger age. Efforts to improve the health of people with SMI need to move beyond focusing on individual behaviors and personal agency and carefully consider and examine the social conditions that impact the health and healthcare of this population. We need to raise our analytical and intervention gaze to consider that health behaviors do not happen in a vacuum, they are greatly influenced by the structural forces and social conditions that shape people's live circumstances and choices. The information from the case studies in this text come from different studies over 10 years and are a composite of different people. To protect their identity and confidentiality, fictitious names are used. Details such as place of birth, geographical location, age, gender among others are also fictitious, to ensure anonymity"--