Format:
Book
Author:
Carlson, Dale, 1935-
Title:
Out of order : young adult manual of mental illness and recovery : mental illnesses, personality disorders, learning problems, intellectual disabilities & treatment and recovery / Dale Carlson, coauthor Dr. Michael Bower ; pictures by Carol Nicklaus.
Publisher, Date:
Branford, CT : Bick Publishing House, 2013.
Description:
xx, 225 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Summary:
A manual for teens and young adults to help them understand mental illness and recovery. Carlson covers such topics as mental illnesses, suicidal thoughts, personality disorders, learning problems, intellectual disabilities, treatment, and recovery, and discusses treatments, therapies, medications, and support groups.
Subjects:
Adolescent psychopathology.
Youth -- Mental health services.
Adolescent psychiatry.
Other Author:
Bower, Michael, 1947-
Other Title:
8ut of 8rder
Young adult manual of mental illness and recovery
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 210-214) and index.
Contents:
What is mental illness? What is sanity? Who has it? -- Story: Riding the wind -- In or out of order -- Story: Island summer depression -- The disordered brain : psychoses and mood disorders -- The disordered brain : anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder, personality, and behavioral disorders -- Story: Hippopotamus, a lifetime of anxiety -- Story: A son's OCD -- Addiction disorders : substances and behaviors: alcohol, drugs, food, sex/romance, gambling, danger, shopping, sports, TV, video games, internet, one's self -- Story: Can you help me? -- Sexual and gender identity disorders -- Learning disabilities and intellectual disabilities -- Story: The agony and the triumph of two teenagers with autism, songs of the gorilla nation : my journey through autism -- Story: Unwritten rules of social relationships : decoding social mysteries through the unique perspectives of autism -- Treatments and relapse prevention : talk and behavioral therapies, psychiatric medications, support groups -- Story: Teen in a wheelchair -- Suicide -- Story: I want out -- Recovery, responsibility for treatment, informed behavior, meditation, and exercise -- Story: Traumatic brain injury: a metaphor for paying attention/meditation -- Self-test questions -- Story: Just tell me you love me -- Mental disorders dictionary.
LCCN:
2013003328
ISBN:
9781884158377 (pbk.)
1884158374 (pbk.)
Other Number:
827852508
System Availability:
2
Current Holds:
0
# Local items:
2
Control Number:
438302
Call Number:
616.89 Carlson
Course Reserves:
0
# Local items in:
2
# System items in:
2