Caring and Coping - 3rd Edition

 

Caring and Coping answers the questions most commonly asked when someone is diagnosed as seriously mentally ill.  Designed to provide a wide range of information in an easily accessible format it, offers strategies to deal with some of the more practical day to day challenges which are thrown up with a diagnosis of mental illness, such as:

• understanding the diagnosis and treatment your relative is being given,
  
• your relative's rights in care and treatment
• your rights in their care
• how to cope in a crisis
  

Fully updated to include information about changes to mental health law, community support and benefits, and with a new section on the criminal justice system, it is essential reading for carers.

"Invaluable as a comprehensive and reliable starting point" - Experienced Carer