Summary: Bonnie had her first psychotic break when she was 16. Now 27, she and her family talk about the illness as it hit them then, and about living with it since. They discuss the tensions and emotions they felt, including their helplessness and guilt. Her parents and sister wonder if it was something they did. Bonnie describes her own emotions, including her paranoia and her feelings of guilt when she felt she was destroying her parents' marriage
Participants: Kathy ( Bonnie's sister), Linda Husar (social worker)
Summary: Bonnie's sister Kathy describes how having a sister with schizophrenia affected her life. She talks with Linda Husar, M.S.W., a social worker who also has a mentally ill sibling. Among the topics: how the illness affected Kathy's career, marriage, and decision to have children; trying to be perfect; guilt; being afraid but not talking about it; thinking about the future.
Participants: Bonnie, Andrea Blodgett (social worker)
Summary: Bonnie talks with social worker Andrea Blodgett about the experience of having schizophrenia and what she has learned about coping with this illness. The discussions include the reality of the voices, the need to trust people, checking on one's own perceptions, and accepting the illness as part of recovery. Bonnie, her parents, and Andrea discuss the role of medications, and they try to answer the question, "How much can one expect?" Finally, they explore the nature of recovery and the importance of not giving up hope
Part of A toolkit for counsellors: helping children whose parents have a mental illness, produced by the Justice Institute of British Columbia for the Vancouver Community Mental Health Service
Part of A toolkit for counsellors: helping children whose parents have a mental illness, produced by the Justice Institute of British Columbia for the Vancouver Community Mental Health Service
Editor’s foreword -- Living outside of the box : lesbian couples with children conceived through the use of anonymous donor insemination / Karen C. Kranz and Judith C. Daniluk -- Redefining the nuclear family : an exploration of resiliency in lesbian parents / A. Cassandra Gol -- Application of feminist therapy : promoting resiliency among lesbian and gay families / Charles Negy, Cliff McKinney -- Intimate violence among lesbian couples : emerging data and critical needs / Bette Speziale, Cynthia Ring -- Exploring a community’s response to lesbian domestic violence through the voices of providers : a qualitative study / Suzanne R. Merlis, Deanna Linville -- A feminist perspective of resilience in lesbian couples / Colleen M. Connolly -- Reflection : "girls can’t marry other girls" / Lisa Giddings
Provides foundational knowledge on how to provide current, evidence-based, clinical best practices for the specific needs of adoption and kinship families.To be a family, and what that means in society, is undergoing dramatic changes that reflect fluidity in the definition of spouse, children, and kin. The creation and preservation of these nontraditional families are often replete with social, cultural, and legal issues that the advanced practice nurse must recognize to provide optimal care. This groundbreaking clinical guide breaks down the adoption and kinship triads into their distinct parts?the birth parents, adoptive or kinship parents, and the child?and analyzes the relationships among them and how the nurse can assist their development.