Stories of mental health, resilience and recovery

• Main Authors: Costello, Amanda (Author), Carson, Jerome (Author)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2025.
• Series: Emerald points.
• Subjects: Mental health.; Resilience (Personality trait); Psychology > Mental Health.; Psychology: emotions.; Psychology.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781837089802
• DOI: 10.1108/978-1-83708-10.1108/978-9
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (124 pages).

Mental health struggles affect millions, yet personal stories of resilience and recovery often go unheard. In a world that still stigmatises mental health challenges, first-person narratives offer powerful insights into the realities of trauma, healing, and hope. These stories not only illuminate th...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. What is trauma?
• Chapter 2. What is recovery? An autoethnographic account
• Chapter 3. The ripple effect of postpartum psychosis: Beth's story as told to amanda
• Chapter 4. Della's story as told to amanda: Domestic violence - mental scars
• Chapter 5. Phil's story as told to amanda: Born with cerebral palsy, exploited in the cellar and my cardiac arrest
• Chapter 6. Rachel's story as told to amanda: One of your victims
• Destroyed emotional health and my stage 4 kidney disease
• Chapter 7. Coleen's story as told to amanda: Striving to be size 0, my relationship with food
• Chapter 8. "the spiritual meeting": Jan's story as told to amanda
• Chapter 9. My superpowers and adhd diagnosis: Fiona's story as told to amanda
• Chapter 10. Conclusions: Mental health and trauma recovery.