Author: Ashley L Peterson
Publisher: Mental Health @ Home Books
Paperback:
ISBN 10: 199900082X
ISBN 13: 978-1999000820
Publisher: Mental Health @ Home Books
Paperback:
ISBN 10: 199900082X
ISBN 13: 978-1999000820
Making Sense of Psychiatric Diagnosis aims to cut through the misinformation, stigma, and assumptions that surround mental illness and give a clear picture of what mental illness really is.
The book pairs diagnostic criteria and descriptions for a variety of mental illnesses in the DSM-5 with nineteen first-hand narrative accounts of what it’s like to live with those conditions. The book is also infused with the author’s own experience as a mental health nurse and person living with depression.
With the fusion of diagnostic information, clinical experience, and lived experience, this book offers a unique, well-rounded perspective on the reality of mental illness.