Through Sickness and In Health (Paperback)

Tami Dickerson

ISBN 10: 1493584049 / ISBN 13: 9781493584048

Published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013

About this Item

Paperback. Authored by Tami Dickerson, a wife who has been through the devastating realization that her husband had developed severe mental illness. Tami doesn't just tell their own story -- she also provides plenty of vital information so that other couples in a similar crisis can take control of their own situations as well: Learn the differences in various mental disorders and how to receive an accurate diagnosis. Learn the various treatment options and how they relate to the diagnosis. Learn what legal rights you have and what will be expected of you throughout your spouse's treatment. Learn what rights your spouse retains during treatment and how to file a complaint if a professional violates your spouse's rights. Learn what to do if your spouse must be institutionalized. Learn where to find emotional support for yourself, your children, and other family members.Learn the unexpected bumps in the road you may encounter along the way. Whatever your situation is, this book is written to help support you and your marriage as you journey through this crisis together. Rest assured that there is help and treatment for your spouse that can restore him or her to a mentally healthy state. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Through Sickness and In Health (Paperback)
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1493584049
• ISBN 13: 9781493584048
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Authored by Tami Dickerson, a wife who has been through the devastating realization that her husband had developed severe mental illness. Tami doesn't just tell their own story -- she also provides plenty of vital information so that other couples in a similar crisis can take control of their own situations as well: Learn the differences in various mental disorders and how to receive an accurate diagnosis. Learn the various treatment options and how they relate to the diagnosis. Learn what legal rights you have and what will be expected of you throughout your spouse's treatment. Learn what rights your spouse retains during treatment and how to file a complaint if a professional violates your spouse's rights. Learn what to do if your spouse must be institutionalized. Learn where to find emotional support for yourself, your children, and other family members.Learn the unexpected bumps in the road you may encounter along the way. Whatever your situation is, this book is written to help support you and your marriage as you journey through this crisis together. Rest assured that there is help and treatment for your spouse that can restore him or her to a mentally healthy state.

About the Author

Before anything else I want to make a confession: Although I am a health care worker, and I often times work with patients who have psychiatric issues, I do not work specifically in the psychiatric field. That being said, how can you know that I know what I'm talking about in this book? Because this book is specifically written to help people who are married to psychiatric patients, and I am one who is married to a psychiatric patient. I have been through the horror of realizing that my own husband had developed mental illness. I've been through the frustration of my own ignorance, wasting time trying to find help in all the wrong places. When I finally stumbled onto the right path I learned the process of finding the best treatment to fit my husband's needs. And all along the way I learned the requirements, the treatment options, and the bumps in the road to beware of as we worked to restore my husband's mental health. I know this journey well - and it was made more difficult by the sheer fact that I didn't know where to start or how to get there. I wrote this book as a guide in hopes of sparing you those same, frustrating, difficulties.