Daughters of Madness: Growing Up and Older with a Mentally Ill Mother (Women's Psychology) PDF
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Daughters of Madness RecentTitlesinWomen’sPsychology ‘‘Intimate’’ViolenceagainstWomen:WhenSpouses,Partners, orLoversAttack PaulaK.Lundberg-LoveandShellyL.Marmion,editors Daughters of Madness Growing Up and Older with a Mentally Ill Mother Susan Nathiel Women’s Psychology Michele Paludi, Series Editor Library ofCongress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Nathiel,Susan. Daughters ofmadness:growing up andolder with amentally ill mother / SusanNathiel. p. cm.—(Women’spsychology, ISSN 1931-0021) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-275-99042-7(alk. paper) 1.Children ofthe mentally ill.2.Mothers anddaughters—Mental health. 3.Mental illness.I.Title. RC439.N384 2007 616.89000852—dc22 2006038809 BritishLibrary Cataloguing inPublication Data isavailable. Copyright'2007by SusanNathiel Allrights reserved.Noportion ofthis bookmaybe reproduced, byanyprocess ortechnique, without the express written consent ofthe publisher. Library ofCongressCatalog Card Number:2006038809 ISBN-10:0-275-99042-7 ISBN-13:978-0-275-99042-8 ISSN:1931-0021 Firstpublished in2007 PraegerPublishers, 88PostRoad West, Westport, CT06881 Animprint ofGreenwoodPublishing Group, Inc. www.praeger.com Printed inthe United StatesofAmerica The paperused inthisbook complies with the Permanent PaperStandard issuedbythe National Information Standards Organization (Z39.48-1984). 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 To Ellen Clare, Howard, Christopher, and David Contents Foreword xi Acknowledgments xiii Introduction xv 1. Mother’sRoleinOur‘‘Self’’Development 1 TheResearch:BondsandBrains 7 2. EarlyChildhood 19 Something’sWrongwithMom 23 What’sReal? 24 AmIBad? 27 WhenMomIsMean,orJustDoesn’tCare 29 WhyDoesn’tAnybodyHelp? 30 KeepingSecrets 32 MakingtheBestofThings 33 3. MiddleChildhood 37 MomatHome 38 MomandMe 46 Explanations 51 WhoAmI? 56 MomGoestotheHospital 60 MominPublic 64 DaughtersGooutintotheWorld 66 viii Contents KeepingFamilySecrets 68 FathersandSiblings 72 SuicideThreatsandMore 76 Resilience 78 4. Adolescence 81 MomatHome 82 MominPublic 89 PsychiatricTreatmentandHospitals 91 WhattoThink?WhattoFeel? 99 RitesofPassage 101 FathersandSiblings 103 ShameandSecrets 106 PsychologicalFallout 109 EarlyExits 113 Resilience 114 5. YoungAdulthood 119 GoingoutintotheWorld 120 StayingConnectedwithHome 124 MomintheHospital 126 BeginningHerOwnFamily 132 FalloutandResilience 134 6. Adulthood 139 Mothers’Lives,Continued 140 GettingAlong,orNot 142 ElderlyMothers 147 MothersasGrandmothers 149 HospitalsandPsychiatricTreatment 150 MoreFallout 153 FalloutforSiblings 157 Reflections 159 ReflectionsaboutFathers 162 7. Afterthoughts 167 SomeFinalReflectionsonMothers’Lives 167 TheBestandWorstofBeinga‘‘Daughter ofMadness’’ 170 Contents ix 8. WhatDoWeNeedtoLearn? 175 Appendix: ShortBiographiesofWomenInterviewed 181 Notes 187 Index 191 AbouttheSeriesEditorandAdvisers 195
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