Return from Madness

Download or read book Return from Madness written by Kathleen Degen and published by Jason Aronson. This book was released on 1996 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shedding the lifelong identity of a mental patient, they no longer need case management but require help adjusting to major changes in their thinking and functioning. Kathleen Degen and Ellen Nasper describe group therapy that helps patients identify and cope with unexpected, intense feelings such as sadness or painful memories of childhood trauma, increase their interpersonal skills, and advance their sense of self beyond that of their label as mental patients.