This non-fiction book helps relatives and other loved ones to better understand mental disorders. The most common clinical pictures are described and the conditions in which they arise are presented in an understandable manner. It provides information about appropriate treatment approaches and counseling offers, provides an overview of the effects of psychotropic drugs and psychotherapy on individual disorders. Everyone involved in everything to do with those affected is supported in finding the most constructive way possible to deal with the stresses that arise and to find the right balance between support and demarcation.
In context:
25% of people in Western Europe will experience a mental disorder that requires treatment at some point in their life. It can therefore be assumed that every person in their immediate environment has to do with at least one mentally ill person. Many ask: How can I understand this disease / disorder? What is the prognosis? How should I deal with the person concerned? How can I help? Who can help? When are psychotropic drugs necessary and how dangerous are they really? This book gives answers.
About the author:
Dr. Elisabeth Wagner, specialist in psychiatry and psychotherapeutic medicine, teaching therapist for systemic family therapy, looks after many of those affected, but also their social environment. It is important to her to support this.
Product Details
- Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg; July 21, 2021
- Language: German
- ISBN: 978-3662631553
- ISBN: 9783662631553
- eText ISBN: 9783662631560
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