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Voices from the Inside Readings on the Experiences of Mental Illness

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ISBN-10: 0195370457

ISBN-13: 9780195370454

Edition: 2010

Authors: David A. Karp, Gretchen E. Sisson

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One of sociology's most important missions is giving voice to those whose experiences are typically otherwise blunted, marginalized, or simply ignored. Featuring memorable, first-person accounts of mentally ill individuals, Voices from the Inside: Readings on the Experiences of Mental Illness allows students to connect directly with real-life "experts" who know mental illness all too intimately. This unique anthology addresses a variety of central topics surrounding mental illness, including suicide, hospitalization, the meanings of medication, the experiences of caregivers, and the stigma attached to mental illness. Each section of readings opens with a "sensitizing" introduction that…    
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Book details

List price: $79.99
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/2/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.10" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English

David A. Karp is Professor of Sociology at Boston College, and the author of Speaking of Sadness: Depression, Disconnection, and the Meanings of Illness and The Burden of Sympathy: How Families Cope with Mental Illness.

Each Part opens with an Editors' Introduction
Giving Voice to the Mentally Ill
The Illness Experience
An Unwelcome Career
Flights of the Mind
The Eden Express
The Center Cannot Hold
The Auto Accident That Never Was
Denial and Addiction
Caregivers Speak
Everything Falls Apart
In Sickness and in Health
Hospitalization
The Looney Bin Trip
The Quiet Room
The Meanings Of Medication
Prozac Diary
Teens Talk
The Reality Of Suicide
No Time to Say Goodbye
The Stigma of Mental Illness
To Tell or Not to Tell
Depressives in the Lounge
In The Community
The Ninth Floor
9 Highland Road
Recovering
Undercurrents
Wasted