heyitismichelle
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Hello, my name is Michelle and I know this may be far-fetched but I wanted to see if you may have your own story or if you may know of someone else that would be interested in sharing their story. I am doing research for my professors for a book they are writing on first person accounts with a mental illness.
(based on the DSM-IV, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) This book is based on someone’s personal experience instead of social workers writing about how they perceive mental illness. That’s why I am so excited to be a part of this project. If you happen to be interested I will provide a link to a blog we are getting ready to go live with and some details about the book. I hope this blog is received positively and I am very interested in hearing people's stories as I have a few of my own. In the meantime you can e-mail me any stories or questions that you may have. E-mail [email protected]
Sincerely,
Michelle
Here is the blog: First Person Accounts of Mental Illness • Index page
Here is the description by my professor:
Dear Reader,
Welcome and thank you for visiting our forums. My name is Craig LeCroy and I am a professor of Social Work at Arizona State University. My team and I are working to create a new textbook for social work graduate students that will bridge what we perceive to be a gap in most students' current education. Our central intents are to lend credence to the personal accounts and experiences of people who have been diagnosed with a mental disorder and to provide a more balanced approach to the teaching about and understanding of these disorders.
We are searching for people's first-person accounts of their experience of mental illness. based on the cases that are available to us, we will make every effort to include accounts that reflect the heterogeneity both across and within the various disorders. We have created these forums to allow others to contact us to make it easier for us to find you and for you to talk with us. Unfortunately, we cannot promise that all submissions that come to us will be able to get published, but we will try to include as many as we are able.
Thank you for any and all consideration,
Craig Winston Lecroy, Ph.D.
Professor, ASU School of Social Work
(based on the DSM-IV, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) This book is based on someone’s personal experience instead of social workers writing about how they perceive mental illness. That’s why I am so excited to be a part of this project. If you happen to be interested I will provide a link to a blog we are getting ready to go live with and some details about the book. I hope this blog is received positively and I am very interested in hearing people's stories as I have a few of my own. In the meantime you can e-mail me any stories or questions that you may have. E-mail [email protected]
Sincerely,
Michelle
Here is the blog: First Person Accounts of Mental Illness • Index page
Here is the description by my professor:
Dear Reader,
Welcome and thank you for visiting our forums. My name is Craig LeCroy and I am a professor of Social Work at Arizona State University. My team and I are working to create a new textbook for social work graduate students that will bridge what we perceive to be a gap in most students' current education. Our central intents are to lend credence to the personal accounts and experiences of people who have been diagnosed with a mental disorder and to provide a more balanced approach to the teaching about and understanding of these disorders.
We are searching for people's first-person accounts of their experience of mental illness. based on the cases that are available to us, we will make every effort to include accounts that reflect the heterogeneity both across and within the various disorders. We have created these forums to allow others to contact us to make it easier for us to find you and for you to talk with us. Unfortunately, we cannot promise that all submissions that come to us will be able to get published, but we will try to include as many as we are able.
Thank you for any and all consideration,
Craig Winston Lecroy, Ph.D.
Professor, ASU School of Social Work
