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Examines current theory, research and practice concerning people with serious mental illness and their families. This era has seen significant changes in mental-health policies and priorities. The work charts these new developments and explores their implications for mental-health professionals.

This volume is written from the perspective of a competence paradigm for professional practice, which offers a constructive alternative to the more prevalent pathology models. The goal of professional practice is to empower families in coping with the catastrophic stressor of mental illness, recognizing the strengths and resources of families, which have often been minimized in the past, and fostering new collaborative modes of family-professi...

Focusing on new directions in professional practice with families of people with mental illness, this book offers a multidisciplinary systems-orientated examination of the theory, research, and practice in this area. The book includes a consideration of family system perspectives.

Praise for Serious Mental Illness and the Family "Serious Mental Illness and the Family is unique in building assessment, intervention, and collaborative strategies around specific types of clinical cases and life scenarios. The book will be an invaluable aid to mental health professionals working with severely ill clients and their families.