The only work so far i've found has been Mackler, D., & Morrissey, M. (2010). A Way Out of Madness: Dealing with Your Family After You've Been Diagnosed with a Psychiatric Disorder. There is lots of research on family psychoeducation, reducing High EE, multi-family groups. I'm wondering about specific writings addressing how a person with mental illness can deal with their families...thanks in advance.
You raised an excellent question. Unfortunately I don't know of any specific articles or books on your topic.
I came across these resources:
- Diary of a High-Functioning Person with Schizophrenia
- The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness by Elyn R. Saks
- Divided Minds by Pamela Spiro Wagner and Carolyn S. Spiro, M.D.
- Dealing with a Mental Illness Diagnosis
- Experiencing Community: Perspectives of Individuals Diagnosed as Having Serious Mental Illness
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/diary-of-a-high-function/
http://www.heretohelp.bc.ca/factsheet/dealing-with-a-mental-illness-diagnosis
Article Experiencing Community: Perspectives of Individuals Diagnose...
What do you mean by "deal with"? Do you mean how to discuss the meaning of the diagnosis, how to renegotiate one's role in the family, how to discuss disclosures, how to address issues of safety, or treatment, or medications, or access to the car or to alcohol, how to escape the patient role, how to prevent being overindulged, how to deal with family grief or family guilt or family shame, or......."
Yes, I have the same question like Mary. When it comes to deal with mental health; there are barriers as well as enabling factors. At an individual level, self, family (parents, siblings, as well as relatives), and peers play a pivotal role. Hence, stakeholders at individual level, community level, and institutional level help to deal with the barriers and promote the enabling factors. This is exactly opposite of what you have asked for - i.e. the stakeholders deal with the affected individuals, and not vice versa!
Mary - all and any of those and especially around the patient role, family grief, negotiating the role in the family, dealing with differences in opinion on treatment, etc.
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