People with Asperger Syndrome (AS) can be particularly at risk of developing mental health difficulties such as anxiety and depression. Here, adults with Asperger Syndrome speak out about their own experiences of mental health issues, offering sound advice for other Aspies and providing valuable insights for family, friends and also for mental health professionals.
Touching on everything from difficulties at work and college to coping with low self-confidence, self-harm, alcohol, misdiagnosis, sectioning, counselling, medication and battles with mental health services, the book provides a window into how people with AS experience mental health issues, and what can be done to help. The individual accounts describe innovative coping strategies and methods for maintaining emotional and psychological wellbeing as well as practical advice on things like how to stay positive and deal with day-to-day stress and meltdowns.
This is essential reading for adults with Asperger Syndrome, and their families and friends, and will be a useful resource for psychologists, psychiatrists, mental health service providers and other professionals who support adults with Asperger Syndrome.
Dean Worton & Luke Beardon
Aspies on Mental Health [EPUB ebook]
Speaking for Ourselves
Aspies on Mental Health [EPUB ebook]
Speaking for Ourselves
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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 192 ● ISBN 9780857002877 ● File size 3.1 MB ● Age 22-99 years ● Editor Dean Worton & Luke Beardon ● Publisher Jessica Kingsley Publishers ● City London ● Country GB ● Published 2011 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 2529056 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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