• Prologue : The other world
• Part one : Awakenings. Yankee Doodle Dandy
• The news
• Jabberwocky
• Raw timber
• Golden slumbers
• The thing with feathers
• Melting down
• Holding patterns
• The Red Queen's race
• Camp Wonder
• Part two : Refractions. Urinetown
• The play of shadows
• A brief history of stims
• As others see us
• In the echo chamber
• Part three : Emergencies. Fighting words
• May Day!
• Departures
• Returns
• Nosology
• Letting go
• Epilogue : One of us.

In 1991, Mark Osteen and his wife, Leslie, were struggling to understand why their son, Cameron, was so different from other kids. At age one, Cam had little interest in toys and was surprisingly fixated on books. He didn't make baby sounds; he ignored other children. As he grew older, he failed to grasp language, remaining unresponsive even when his parents called his name. When Cam started having screaming anxiety attacks, Mark and Leslie began to grasp that Cam was developmentally delayed. But when Leslie raised the possibility of an autism diagnosis, Mark balked. Autism is so rare, he thought. Might as well worry about being struck by lightning. Since that time, awareness of autism has grown monumentally. Autism has received extensive coverage in the news media, and it has become a popular subject for film, television, and literature, but the disorder is frequently portrayed and perceived as a set of eccentricities that can be corrected with proper treatment. In reality, autism permanently wrecks many children's chances for typical lives. Plenty of recent bestsellers have described the hardships of autism, but those memoirs usually focus on the recovery of people who overcome some or all of the challenges of the disorder. And while that plot is uplifting, it's rare in real life, as few autistic children fully recover. The territory of severe autism-of the child who is debilitated by the condition, who will never be cured-has been largely neglected. One of Us: A Family's Life with Autism tells that story. In this book, Mark Osteen chronicles the experience of raising Cam, whose autism causes him aggression, insomnia, compulsions, and physical sickness. In a powerful, deeply personal narrative, Osteen recounts the struggles he and his wife endured in diagnosing, treating, and understanding Cam's disability, following the family through the years of medical difficulties and emotional wrangling. One of Us thrusts the reader into the life of a child who exists in his own world and describes the immense hardships faced by those who love and care for him. Leslie and Mark's marriage is sorely tested by their son's condition, and the book follows their progress from denial to acceptance while they fight to save their own relationship. By embracing the little victories of their life with Cam and by learning to love him as he is, Mark takes the reader down a road just as gratifying, and perhaps more moving, than one to recovery. One of Us is not a book about a child who overcomes autism. Instead, it's the story of a different but equally rare sort of victory-the triumph of love over tremendous adversity.
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• Prologue : The other world
• Part one : Awakenings. Yankee Doodle Dandy
• The news
• Jabberwocky
• Raw timber
• Golden slumbers
• The thing with feathers
• Melting down
• Holding patterns
• The Red Queen's race
• Camp Wonder
• Part two : Refractions. Urinetown
• The play of shadows
• A brief history of stims
• As others see us
• In the echo chamber
• Part three : Emergencies. Fighting words
• May Day!
• Departures
• Returns
• Nosology
• Letting go
• Epilogue : One of us.

In 1991, Mark Osteen and his wife, Leslie, were struggling to understand why their son, Cameron, was so different from other kids. At age one, Cam had little interest in toys and was surprisingly fixated on books. He didn't make baby sounds; he ignored other children. As he grew older, he failed to grasp language, remaining unresponsive even when his parents called his name. When Cam started having screaming anxiety attacks, Mark and Leslie began to grasp that Cam was developmentally delayed. But when Leslie raised the possibility of an autism diagnosis, Mark balked. Autism is so rare, he thought. Might as well worry about being struck by lightning. Since that time, awareness of autism has grown monumentally. Autism has received extensive coverage in the news media, and it has become a popular subject for film, television, and literature, but the disorder is frequently portrayed and perceived as a set of eccentricities that can be corrected with proper treatment. In reality, autism permanently wrecks many children's chances for typical lives. Plenty of recent bestsellers have described the hardships of autism, but those memoirs usually focus on the recovery of people who overcome some or all of the challenges of the disorder. And while that plot is uplifting, it's rare in real life, as few autistic children fully recover. The territory of severe autism-of the child who is debilitated by the condition, who will never be cured-has been largely neglected. One of Us: A Family's Life with Autism tells that story. In this book, Mark Osteen chronicles the experience of raising Cam, whose autism causes him aggression, insomnia, compulsions, and physical sickness. In a powerful, deeply personal narrative, Osteen recounts the struggles he and his wife endured in diagnosing, treating, and understanding Cam's disability, following the family through the years of medical difficulties and emotional wrangling. One of Us thrusts the reader into the life of a child who exists in his own world and describes the immense hardships faced by those who love and care for him. Leslie and Mark's marriage is sorely tested by their son's condition, and the book follows their progress from denial to acceptance while they fight to save their own relationship. By embracing the little victories of their life with Cam and by learning to love him as he is, Mark takes the reader down a road just as gratifying, and perhaps more moving, than one to recovery. One of Us is not a book about a child who overcomes autism. Instead, it's the story of a different but equally rare sort of victory-the triumph of love over tremendous adversity.
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Grief Healing Techniques Helps You Recover in Your Own Way, at Your Own Pace After losing a loved one, grief can be overwhelming and seem impossible to conquer. Grief Healing Techniques gives you manageable, effective steps you can take to work through your grief on a daily basis, so you can start to find your new "normal." Grief Healing Techniques speaks to anyone who has ever suffered a major loss. With Grief Healing Techniques, you will be able examine your emotions and learn basic strategies for self-care to help you through this difficult time. Grief Healing Techniques helps you rebuild your daily routine, with tips for planning your meals and activities, finding a support network, and healing through journaling and meditation. Grief Healing Techniques gives you practical support for working through grief, with: Useful insights on the physical effects and emotional range of grief Practical approaches for rebuilding your daily routine Advice on whether to pursue professional help Ideas for strengthening your relationships and involving others in your recovery Tips for dealing with birthdays, holidays, and other celebrations Perspectives on support groups, meditation, journaling, and religion With straightforward and supportive advice, Grief Healing Techniques will show you how to make your grief manageable and restore balance to your daily life.

• Preface: "Pause"AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Why This Book?
• Chapter 1. The Am I Stuck? Scale
• Chapter 2. Getting Stuck
• Chapter 3. The Fatal Pauses 3-D Method of Getting Unstuck Through the Power of No and the Power of Go
• Chapter 4. Stuck in My Job: The Case of Clarke Myerson
• Chapter 5. Stuck in My Body, Part I (Discover): The Case of Ms. Anita Anthony
• Chapter 6. Stuck in My Body, Part II (Decide and Discipline): The Case of Ms. Anita Anthony
• Chapter 7. Stuck in My Marriage: The Cases of Helen and Blaise Hartman
• Chapter 8. Stuck in a Bottle, Part I (Discover): The Case of Mrs. Lynda Jensen
• Chapter 9. Stuck in a Bottle, Part II (Decide and Discipline): The Case of Mrs. Lynda Jensen
• Chapter 10. Stuck in Pleasing Others, Part I (Discover): The Case of Eleanor Lai
• Chapter 11. Stuck in Pleasing Others, Part II (Decide and Discipline): The Case of Eleanor Lai
• Chapter 12. Stuck in Adolescence and Cyberspace, Part I (Discover): The Case of Lester Silber
• Chapter 13. Stuck in Adolescence and Cyberspace, Part II (Decide and Discipline): The Case of Lester Silber
• Chapter 14. Stuck in Success: The Case of Reverend Maynard HendenAppendix: Treatment PrinciplesIndex.
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People can become stuck in many ways and for a wide variety of reasons, explains the author of Fatal Pauses, that rare book that both clinicians and general readers can benefit from and enjoy. Novelistic in its depictions of composite patients but clear-eyed in its analysis, the book offers a "3-D method" of addressing "stuck"-ness, which is defined as "not stopping something that is bad for us" or "not starting and staying with something that is good for us." The process of discovering why one is stuck, deciding to become unstuck, and then asserting the discipline required to do so is brought to vivid life by one of the most respected psychiatrists of our day. The book's structure is logical and engaging: The Am I Stuck? Scale can be self-administered by general readers or administered by clinicians to their patients. This first chapter sets the stage for what follows. The 3-D method of getting unstuck is presented in a systematic, easy-to-comprehend manner that begins with a brief overview and proceeds to more detailed instructions and insights. Riveting case examples make up the heart of the book. They are not mere summaries but consist of thorough and detailed clinical descriptions that provide context, in addition to extensive dialogue and analysis. Several of these cases are divided into multiple chapters, providing a comprehensive clinical picture to help both mental health professionals and lay readers increase their understanding of being "stuck." A range of categories or "stuck"-ness is addressed, including being trapped by career choices, limited by obesity, paralyzed by an unsatisfying marriage, incapacitated by addiction, and imprisoned by the need to please. Of special note is the case example of a young man whose interpersonal relationships have gradually, but progressively, become reduced to computer-based encounters. The author's examination of this individual's fixation on video games and virtual realities and his escape from this cyberprison through treatment is both timely and compelling. Finally, the author provides an evolutionary and neurobiological overview of how we become "stuck, " which helps the reader grasp the underpinnings of this behavior and learn how to become "unstuck." Written in a warm and disarming style, Fatal Pauses will find a home in clinicians' libraries, waiting rooms, and on family room bookshelves.
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• Ambivalence and the study of intergenerational relations / Karl Pillemer, J. Jill Suitor -- Antecedents of intergenerational support : families in context and families as context / Adam Davey, Megan Janke, Jyoti Savla
• The intergenerational-stake phenomenon over 20 years / Roseann Giarrusso, Du Feng, Vern L. Bengtson
• Historical forces shaping grandparent-grandchild relationships : demography and beyond / Peter Uhlenberg
• Stability and change in childhood and parenting : observations across three generations / Ingrid Arnet Connidis
• Grandparenting children with special needs / Jennifer M. Park, Dennis P. Hogan, Maryhelen D'Ottavi
• Migration from South Asia to the United Kingdom and the maintenance of transnational integenerational relationships / Vanessa Burholt, G. Clare Wenger
• The role of social context in shaping intergenerational relations in Indonesia and Bangladesh / Elizabeth Frankenberg, Randall S. Kuhn
• Fillial norms and intergenerational support in Europe and Israel : a comparative perspective / Ariela Lowenstein, Ruth Katz, Svein Olav Daatland
• Intergenerational exchange in the United States and Japan / Toni C. Antonucci, Hiroko Akiyama, Kira Birditt
• Intergenerational family relations in the United States abnd China / John R. Logan, Fuqin Bian
• Intergenerational transfers and inheritance : a comparative view / Martin Kohli.

• Acknowledgments
• Introduction: The Terrain of Everyday Ethics Background to practice
• 1. Genealogy of the Treatment Model
• 2. Expert knowledge and Encounters with Futility
• Tools of the trade
• 3. Treatment Plans: Mandatory Narratives of Progress
• 4. Representative Payeeships: The Deep Logic of Dependency
• 5. Commitment Orders: The Practice of Consent and Constraint
• From Everyday to Formal Ethics
• 6. Coercion, Confidentiality, and the Moral Contours of Work
• Bibliography.
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This book explores the moral lives of mental health clinicians serving the most marginalized individuals in the US healthcare system. Drawing on years of fieldwork in a community psychiatry outreach team, Brodwin traces the ethical dilemmas and everyday struggles of front line providers. On the street, in staff room debates, or in private confessions, these psychiatrists and social workers confront ongoing challenges to their self-image as competent and compassionate advocates. At times they openly question the coercion and forced-dependency built into the current system of care. At other times they justify their use of extreme power in the face of loud opposition from clients. This in-depth study exposes the fault lines in today's community psychiatry. It shows how people working deep inside the system struggle to maintain their ideals and manage a chronic sense of futility. Their commentaries about the obligatory and the forbidden also suggest ways to bridge formal bioethics and the realities of mental health practice. The experiences of these clinicians pose a single overarching question: how should we bear responsibility for the most vulnerable among us?
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• 1. Insanity in early modern England--
• 2. A healer and his patients--
• 3. Stress, anxiety and family life--
• 4. Popular stereotypes of insanity--
• 5. Psychological healing.
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Mystical Bedlam explores the social history of insanity of early seventeenth-century England by means of a detailed analysis of the records of Richard Napier, a clergyman and astrological physician, who treated over 2000 mentally disturbed patients between 1597 and 1634. Napier's clients were drawn from every social rank and his therapeutic techniques included all the types of psychological healing practised at the time. His vivid descriptions of his clients' afflictions and complaints illuminate the thoughts and feelings of ordinary people. This book goes beyond simply analysing mental disorder in a seventeenth-century astrological and medical practice. It reveals contemporary attitudes towards family life, describes the appeal of witchcraft and demonology to ordinary villagers, and explains the social and intellectual basis for the eclectic blend of scientific, magical, and religious therapies practised before the English Revolution. Not only is it a contribution to the history of medicine but also a survey of some of the darkest regions of the mental world of the English people of the seventeenth century.
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• OVERVIEW.
• 1. Family Sociology and Family Therapy Contributions to Family Development: Life-span Developmental Psychology. I. CONCEPTUALIZATIONS OF FAMILY DEVELOPMENT.
• 2. An Epigenetic Model of Family Processes, Wynne.
• 3. Adolescent Sexuality in the Family Life Spiral, Combrinck-Graham.
• 4. Oscillation Theory and Family Development, Breunlin.
• 5. Family Types, Family Stress, and Family Satisfaction: A Developmental Approach, Olson. II. PERSPECTIVES ON FAMILY DEVELOPMENT.
• 6. Individual Change and Family Development: Individuation as a Family Process, Shapiro.
• 7. The Emphasis on Cultural Identity: A Developmental Ecological Constraint, Montalvo & Gutierrez.
• 8. Family Identity, Ritual, and Myth: A Cultural Perspective on Family Life Cycle Transitions, Bennett, Wolin, McAvity.
• 9. Rethinking Assumptions about Women's Development and Family Therapy, Boss & Weiner. III. DEVELOPMENTAL DISRUPTIONS AND THE FAMILY LIFE CYCLE.
• 10. Family Crises: Expectable and Unexpectable, Pittman.
• 11. Cumulative Stress, Family Transitions, and Crises, Joselevich.
• 12. Family Development and the Impact of Chronic Illness, Rosman.
• 13. Loss and the Family Life Cycle, Walsh & McGoldrick.
• 14. Developmental Cycles and Substance Abuse, Todd. IV. THE FAMILY LIFE CYCLE IN FAMILY THERAPY PRACTICE AND CLINICAL TRAINING.
• 15. Family Development and Change across the Generations: An Intergenerational Perspective, Williamson & Bray.
• 16. Structural Family Therapy and the Family Life Cycle: A Four-Dimensional Model for Family Assessment, Fishman.
• 17. Systemic Family Therapy and Family Development, Wright & Watson.
• 18. The Presence of the Past: Continuity and Change in the Symbolic Structure of Families, Keith & Whitaker.
• 19. Developmental Thinking and the Family Life Cycle: Implications for Training Family Therapists, Liddle.
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The book opens with a comprehensive overview by the editor that outlines contributions to the family life cycle framework from family sociology, and crisis theory. T.
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