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Families: The Forgotten Resource for Individuals With Mental Illness
Author(s) -
Finke Linda
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of child and adolescent psychiatric nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.331
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1744-6171
pISSN - 1073-6077
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6171.2004.00003.x
Subject(s) - associate editor , citation , psychology , gerontology , psychoanalysis , library science , medicine , computer science
3 About a year ago, a colleague told me a heart-wrenching story. Her son, while in graduate school, began demonstrating what was first thought to be an anxiety disorder. As you might guess, the anxiety was the first symptom of what developed into schizophrenia. The diagnosis would be enough of a burden for most, but the treatment received by the family was the most distressing. Her son was given written information that his family caused the illness. How could this still be happening in the 21st century?