When Your Adult Child Breaks Your Heart Coping with Mental Illness, Substance Abuse, and the Problems That Tear Families Apart

Name: When Your Adult Child Breaks Your Heart Coping with Mental Illness, Substance Abuse, and the Problems That Tear Families Apart
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ISBN: 9780762792979

ISBN-10: 0762792973

ISBN-13: 9780762792979

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Authors: Christine Adamec, Joel L. Young

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Behind nearly every adult who is accused of a crime, becomes addicted to drugs or alcohol, or who is severely mentally ill and acting out in public, there is usually at least one extremely stressed-out parent. This parent may initially react with the bad news of their adult child behaving badly with, "Oh no!" followed by, "How can I help to fix this?" A very common third reaction is the thought, "Where did I go wrong--was it something I said or did, or that I failed to do when my child was growing up that caused these issues? Is this really somehow all my fault?" These parents then open their homes, their pocketbooks, their hearts, and their futures to "saving" their adult child--who may go…

Book details

List price: $25.95
Publisher: Globe Pequot Press, The
Publication date: 12/3/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 264
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Introduction


How to Use This Book



Identifying the Problems



Understanding the Severe Problems Adult Children Can Cause



Your Emotions and Behavioral Reactions



If Your Adult Child Lives with You



Types of Problem Behavior and What You Can and Can't Do



Bad Parenting



Criminal Behavior



Alcoholism and Drug Addiction



Other Psychiatric Problems



Suicidal Behavior



Taking Care of Yourself



Your Physical and Emotional Health



Your Relationships with Family and Friends



Setting Limits: What You Can or Can't Do



Facing Reality and Walking Away


Conclusion


Acknowledgments


Appendices



Important National Organizations That May Help



Key Websites



State-by-State Listing of Child Abuse Hotlines


Bibliography


Index


About the Authors