The Interactive World of Severe Mental Illness : Case Studies of the U.S. Mental Health System (Paperback)

Introduction Purposes of the book?The Treatment of Mental Illness in the United States. Part I: Interaction Structures?1. Interaction Structures with Institutions; 2. Interaction Structures with Families; 3. Social Interactions with Friends; Part II: Introduction to the Cases/The Narratives?4. The Depersonalized Musician; 5. The Woman Who Couldn’t Get Her Abuser Out of Her Head; 6. The Depressed Man in Chronic Pain; 7. The Last Train Out of Berlin; 8. The Woman Who Believed She had No Heart; 9. Monster Woman; 10. The Woman Who Never Mourned; 11. The Man Who Lived in a Dumpster; Part III: Other Interaction Issues-- 12. The Tavistock Method: A Growth Promoting Form of Group Interaction; 13. Synthesis: Reflections on the Structure of Interaction; 14. Conclusion; 15. Epilogue.