Understanding Psychosis: Issues, Treatments, and Challenges for Sufferers and Their Families

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2014. Paperback. New. New softcover in glossy printed wraps. Pages are clean and free of marks or underlining. (5.74 x 0.81 x 8.81 inches) Includes author's notes, bibliography, and index. 288 pp.

Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. Severe mental illness afflicts many men and women throughout their lives, often without warning, and almost always with devastating results. This book takes a look at psychosis, and contends that although the delusions and hallucinations of the psychotic person are misguided and confused, they are understandable when viewed in the context of a person's life. Using real life examples, Capps covers the prevalence of psychotic illness; the long-range effects of deinstitutionalization on mentally ill persons, their families, and their communities; family members' responses to their mentally ill relative; rehabilitation and prevention approaches and methods; the nature of delusions and hallucinations; the delusional belief that one is someone else; and the realization of mental stability.