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Breaking the Silence This page intentionally left blank Breaking the Silence Mental Health Professionals Disclose Their Personal and Family Experiences of Mental Illness Edited by Stephen P. Hinshaw 2008 Oxford University Press, Inc., publishes works that further Oxford University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education. Oxford New York Auckland Cape Town Dares Salaam Hong Kong Karachi Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Nairobi New Delhi Shanghai Taipei Toronto With offices in Argentina Austria Brazil Chile Czech Republic France Greece Guatemala Hungary Italy Japan Poland Portugal Singapore South Korea Switzerland Thailand Turkey Ukraine Vietnam Copyright © 2008 by Stephen P. Hinshaw Published by Oxford University Press, Inc. 198 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10016 www.oup.com Oxford is a registered trademark of Oxford University Press All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of Oxford University Press. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Breaking the silence : mental health professionals disclose their personal and family experiences of mental illness / edited by Stephen P. Hinshaw. p. ; cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-19-532026-8 1. Mental health personnel—Mental health. 2. Mental health personnel—Family relationships. 3. Mental health personnel—Biography. 4. Mentally ill—Family relationships. [DNLM: 1. Mental Disorders—Personal Narratives. 2. Family Relations—Personal Narratives. WM 40 B828 2008] I. Hinshaw, Stephen P. RC451.4.P79B74 2008 616.890092—dc22 2007012827 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper Contents Contributors vi Introduction, Stephen P. Hinshaw 3 1 My Story Is One of Loss 25 Laura B. Mason 2 Finding My Mind 44 Ruth C. White 3 A Field Agent in Our Midst 70 Tara S. Peris 4 Laura’s Story: Making Sense of and Deriving Meaning From Her Life With Mental Illness 102 Elizabeth B. Owens 5 In My Voice: Speaking Out About Mental Health and Stigma 122 Jeffrey Liew 6 Columbus Day, 1994: A New World 152 Kay S. Browne 7 The Meaning of Mental Health (and Other Lessons Learned) 175 Marc S. Atkins vi contents 8 Memories of Parental Decompensation 190 Theodore P. Beauchaine 9 Weeping Mother 208 Jarralynne Agee 10 The Game With No Rules: A Sibling Confronts Mental Illness 224 Jessica L. Borelli 11 Reverberations 252 Peter E. Nathan 12 He Just Can’t Help It: My Struggle With My Father’s Struggle With Bipolar Disorder 268 Esme A. Londahl-Shaller 13 Performing Human 294 Janet Lucas 14 The Legacy of Loss: Depression as a Family Affair 310 Carolyn Zahn-Waxler 15 Closing Thoughts: The Power of Narrative 347 Stephen P. Hinshaw Index 361 Contributors Jarralynne Agee, PsyD Organizational Psychologist, Lecturer, Department of Psychology and African American Studies, 615 C University Hall, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 Marc S. Atkins, PhD Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry, Director of Psychology Training, Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Institute for Juvenile Research (M/C 747) 1747 W. Roosevelt Rd., Room 155, Chicago, IL 60608 Theodore P. Beauchaine, PhD Robert Bolles and Yasuko Endo Endowed Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195–1525 Jessica L. Borelli, MS Clinical Psychology Graduate Student, Department of Psychology, Yale University, Box 208205, New Haven, CT 06520 Kay S. Browne, MD Behavioral Pediatrician, Diagnostic Center of Northern California, 39100 Gallaudet Drive, Fremont, CA 94538 viii contributors Stephen P. Hinshaw Professor and Chair, Department of Psychology, Tolman Hall #1650, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720–1650 Esme A. Londahl-Shaller, PhD Staff Psychologist, The Children’s Center, Langley Porter Psychiatric Hospital and Clinics, University of California, 401 Pernassus Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94143 Jeffrey Liew, PhD Assistant Professor, College of Education and Human Development, Department of Edu- cational Psychology, Texas A&M University, 4225 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843–4225 Janet Lucas, PhD Deceased Laura B. Mason, PhD Associate Clinical Professor and Coordinator, Psychology Clinic, Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, Tolman Hall #1650, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720–1650 Peter E. Nathan, PhD University of Iowa Foundation Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Public Health, Department of Psychology, E119 Seashore Hall, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242 Elizabeth B. Owens, PhD Research Psychologist, Institute of Human Development, University of California, Berkeley, Tolman Hall #1690, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720–1690 Tara S. Peris, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, 300 Medical Plaza, Suite 1315, Los Angeles, CA 90095 Ruth C. White, PhD, MPH, MSW Assistant Professor, Social Work, Department of Anthropology, Sociology, and Social Work, Seattle University, 901 12th Avenue, PO Box 222000, Seattle,WA 98122–1090 Carolyn Zahn-Waxler, PhD Senior Scientist, Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin, 1202 West Johnson St., Madison, WI 53706–1611 Breaking the Silence
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