Narratives of Recovery from Serious Mental Illness
In this informative and inspiring book the author narrates the stories of 12 patients whom he treated during their recovery from serious mental illness. These narratives reveal their common struggles: misdiagnosis, dual-diagnosis, impeded access to medica
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Narratives of Recovery from Serious Mental Illness
Narratives of Recovery from Serious Mental Illness
William Tucker
Narratives of Recovery from Serious Mental Illness
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William Tucker Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons New York, NY USA
ISBN 978-3-319-33725-8 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-33727-2
ISBN 978-3-319-33727-2
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To Sheila, my anchor and my sail
Foreword
When a resident in psychiatry in the early 1970s, I was cautioned against working in a state mental hospital or clinic. The risk of doing so, I was told, was that I would become discouraged (and possibly leave the field) since none of my patients would get better. The prevailing view within my field and among the general public was that a serious mental illness, especially schizophrenia, ushers in a lifetime of disability and despair. So while I took call at a state hospital I did not start working in public mental health until 2007 when I became chief medical officer of the largest state mental hospital system in this country. By then, not only had the bleak prospects for people with mental disorders come under great challenge I could dedicate myself to a growing ethos and clinical practice of recovery for those with persistent mental disorders, and their families. Dr. Bill Tucker, who served in the same position I now do but for him some years ago, gives us a book meant to illustrate by case example, by individual stories, how lives with relationships, contribution, work, school, purpose and dignity can be restored to people with serious mental illnesses. He shows us and thereby fosters hope, by giving us the stories of twelve patients he personally treated, as part of a psychiatric outreach team i
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