| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 273 pages) |
| Summary |
For more than twenty years Josie Méndez-Negrete has endured the emotional journey of watching her son Tito struggle with schizophrenia. Her powerful account is the first memoir by a Mexican American author to share the devastation and hope a family experiences in dealing with this mental illness. Méndez-Negrete depicts the evolution of the disease from her perspective as a parent and by relating Tito's own narrative, illuminating the inadequacies of the US mental health system and the added burdens of addiction and blame. Through the author, Tito paints a vivid picture of his lived experiences and everyday traumas to show how his life and the lives of his loved ones have been impacted by mental illness |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record |
| Subject |
Méndez-Negrete, Josie
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Méndez-Negrete, Josie |
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Personal Memoirs.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
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Psychopathology.
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PSYCHOLOGY.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0826340571 |
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9780826340573 |
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