Aspies on Mental Health - Speaking for Ourselves (Paperback)

People with Asperger Syndrome (AS) can be particularly at risk of developing mental health difficulties such as anxiety and depression. Here, adults with Asperger Syndrome speak out about their own experiences of mental health issues, offering sound advice for other Aspies and providing valuable insights for family, friends and also for mental health professionals. Touching on everything from difficulties at work and college to coping with low self-confidence, self-harm, alcohol, misdiagnosis, sectioning, counselling, medication and battles with mental health services, the book provides a window into how people with AS experience mental health issues, and what can be done to help. The individual accounts describe innovative coping strategies and methods for maintaining emotional and psychological wellbeing as well as practical advice on things like how to stay positive and deal with day-to-day stress and meltdowns. This is essential reading for adults with Asperger Syndrome, and their families and friends, and will be a useful resource for psychologists, psychiatrists, mental health service providers and other professionals who support adults with Asperger Syndrome.

General

Imprint:	Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Insider Intelligence
Release date:	March 2011
First published:	April 2011
Contributors:	Natasha Goldthorpe • Christopher Wilson
Editors:	Dean Worton • Luke Beardon
Contributors:	Lynette Marshall • Janet Christmas • Debbie Allan • E Veronica Bliss • Chris Smedley • Melanie Smith
Dimensions:	228 x 111 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	192
ISBN-13:	978-1-84905-152-1
Categories:	Books > Health, Home & Family > Family & health > Coping with personal problems > Coping with disability
LSN:	1-84905-152-6
Barcode:	9781849051521

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