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Book

When your adult child breaks your heart : coping with mental illness, substance abuse, and the problems that tear families apart

Call Number

  • 616.89 Y734 (CEN)

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Publication Information

Guilford, Connecticut : Lyons Press, an imprint of Globe Pequot Press, [2013]

Physical Description

xii, 251 pages ; 23 cm

Summary

"Advice for parents of adult children whose mental health disorders, addictions, and/or violent tendencies continue to traumatize their family's lives"--

Contents

  • Understanding the severe problems adult children can cause
  • Your emotions and behavioral reactions
  • If your adult child lives with you
  • Bad parenting
  • Criminal behavior
  • Alcoholism and drug addiction
  • Other psychiatric problems
  • Suicidal behavior
  • Your physical and emotional health
  • Your relationships with family and friends
  • Setting limits : what you can or can't do
  • Facing reality and walking away.

Subjects

Added Authors

Christine A Adamec