Breaking the Silence: Mental Health Professionals Disclose Their Personal and Family Experiences of Mental Illness

379 Pages·2008·1.33 MB·English

by  Stephen P. Hinshaw

Breaking the Silence
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Breaking the Silence
Mental Health Professionals Disclose
Their Personal and Family Experiences
of Mental Illness
Edited by
Stephen P. Hinshaw
2008
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Breaking the silence : mental health professionals disclose their personal and family
experiences of mental illness / edited by Stephen P. Hinshaw.
p. ; cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-19-532026-8
1. Mental health personnel—Mental health. 2. Mental health personnel—Family
relationships. 3. Mental health personnel—Biography. 4. Mentally ill—Family
relationships.
[DNLM: 1. Mental Disorders—Personal Narratives. 2. Family Relations—Personal
Narratives. WM 40 B828 2008] I. Hinshaw, Stephen P.
RC451.4.P79B74 2008
616.890092—dc22 2007012827
9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Printed in the United States of America
on acid-free paper
Contents
Contributors vi
Introduction, Stephen P. Hinshaw 3
1 My Story Is One of Loss 25
Laura B. Mason
2 Finding My Mind 44
Ruth C. White
3 A Field Agent in Our Midst 70
Tara S. Peris
4 Laura’s Story: Making Sense of and Deriving Meaning
From Her Life With Mental Illness 102
Elizabeth B. Owens
5 In My Voice: Speaking Out About Mental Health
and Stigma 122
Jeffrey Liew
6 Columbus Day, 1994: A New World 152
Kay S. Browne
7 The Meaning of Mental Health
(and Other Lessons Learned) 175
Marc S. Atkins
vi contents
8 Memories of Parental Decompensation 190
Theodore P. Beauchaine
9 Weeping Mother 208
Jarralynne Agee
10 The Game With No Rules: A Sibling Confronts
Mental Illness 224
Jessica L. Borelli
11 Reverberations 252
Peter E. Nathan
12 He Just Can’t Help It: My Struggle With My Father’s
Struggle With Bipolar Disorder 268
Esme A. Londahl-Shaller
13 Performing Human 294
Janet Lucas
14 The Legacy of Loss: Depression as a Family Affair 310
Carolyn Zahn-Waxler
15 Closing Thoughts: The Power of Narrative 347
Stephen P. Hinshaw
Index 361
Contributors
Jarralynne Agee, PsyD Organizational Psychologist, Lecturer,
Department of Psychology and African
American Studies, 615 C University Hall,
University of California, Berkeley,
CA 94720
Marc S. Atkins, PhD Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry,
Director of Psychology Training, Department
of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago,
Institute for Juvenile Research (M/C 747)
1747 W. Roosevelt Rd., Room 155, Chicago,
IL 60608
Theodore P. Beauchaine, PhD Robert Bolles and Yasuko Endo Endowed
Associate Professor, Department of
Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle,
WA 98195–1525
Jessica L. Borelli, MS Clinical Psychology Graduate Student,
Department of Psychology, Yale University,
Box 208205, New Haven, CT 06520
Kay S. Browne, MD Behavioral Pediatrician, Diagnostic Center
of Northern California, 39100 Gallaudet
Drive, Fremont, CA 94538
viii contributors
Stephen P. Hinshaw Professor and Chair, Department of
Psychology, Tolman Hall #1650, University
of California, Berkeley, CA 94720–1650
Esme A. Londahl-Shaller, PhD Staff Psychologist, The Children’s Center,
Langley Porter Psychiatric Hospital and
Clinics, University of California,
401 Pernassus Avenue, San Francisco,
CA 94143
Jeffrey Liew, PhD Assistant Professor, College of Education and
Human Development, Department of Edu-
cational Psychology, Texas A&M University,
4225 TAMU, College Station,
TX 77843–4225
Janet Lucas, PhD Deceased
Laura B. Mason, PhD Associate Clinical Professor and Coordinator,
Psychology Clinic, Department of Psychology,
University of California, Berkeley, Tolman
Hall #1650, University of California,
Berkeley, CA 94720–1650
Peter E. Nathan, PhD University of Iowa Foundation Distinguished
Professor of Psychology and Public Health,
Department of Psychology, E119 Seashore
Hall, University of Iowa, Iowa City,
IA 52242
Elizabeth B. Owens, PhD Research Psychologist, Institute of Human
Development, University of California,
Berkeley, Tolman Hall #1690, University of
California, Berkeley, CA 94720–1690
Tara S. Peris, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow, Semel Institute for
Neuroscience and Human Behavior,
University of California, Los Angeles, 300
Medical Plaza, Suite 1315, Los Angeles,
CA 90095
Ruth C. White, PhD, MPH, MSW Assistant Professor, Social Work, Department
of Anthropology, Sociology, and Social Work,
Seattle University, 901 12th Avenue, PO Box
222000, Seattle,WA 98122–1090
Carolyn Zahn-Waxler, PhD Senior Scientist, Department of Psychology,
University of Wisconsin, 1202 West Johnson
St., Madison, WI 53706–1611
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