Daughters of Madness Growing up and Older with a Mentally Ill Mother

Name: Daughters of Madness Growing up and Older with a Mentally Ill Mother
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ISBN: 9780275990428

ISBN-10: 0275990427

ISBN-13: 9780275990428

Edition: 2007 (Annotated)

Authors: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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Leona was 9 years old when she came home from school and her schizophrenic mother met her at the door, angrily demanding to know, "Who the hell are you? What are you doing in my house?" In another family, Suzie's mother would wait outside church then scream at family friends as they emerged, accusing them of spying and plotting to kill her. Five-year-old Suzie and her 7-year-old brother would just cry and beg their mother to take them home as onlookers stared. These are just two of the stories among dozens gathered for this book as psychotherapist Nathiel conducted interviews. The children, now adults, grew up with mentally ill mothers at a time when mental illness was even more…

Book details

Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Publication date: 3/30/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Size: 6.40" wide x 9.55" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



Foreword


Acknowledgments


Introduction



Mother's Role in Our "Self" Development


The Research: Bonds and Brains



Early Childhood


Something's Wrong with Mom


What's Real?


Am I Bad?


When Mom Is Mean, or Just Doesn't Care


Why Doesn't Anybody Help?


Keeping Secrets


Making the Best of Things



Middle Childhood


Mom at Home


Mom and Me


Explanations


Who Am I?


Mom Goes to the Hospital


Mom in Public


Daughters Go out into the World


Keeping Family Secrets


Fathers and Siblings


Suicide Threats and More


Resilience



Adolescence


Mom at Home


Mom in Public


Psychiatric Treatment and Hospitals


What to Think? What to Feel?


Rites of Passage


Fathers and Siblings


Shame and Secrets


Psychological Fallout


Early Exits


Resilience



Young Adulthood


Going out into the World


Staying Connected with Home


Mom in the Hospital


Beginning Her Own Family


Fallout and Resilience



Adulthood


Mothers' Lives, Continued


Getting Along, or Not


Elderly Mothers


Mothers as Grandmothers


Hospitals and Psychiatric Treatment


More Fallout


Fallout for Siblings


Reflections


Reflections about Fathers



Afterthoughts


Some Final Reflections on Mothers' Lives


The Best and Worst of Being a "Daughter of Madness"



What Do We Need to Learn?



Short Biographies of Women Interviewed


Notes


Index


About the Series Editor and Advisers