When Your Adult Child Breaks Your Heart: Coping With Mental Illness, Substance Abuse, And The Problems That Tear Families Apart

ISBN-13: 9780762792979

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers - Inc.

Publication Date: 12-03-2013

Pages: 264

Product Dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.90(d)

Joel L. Young, M.D. is a board-certified adolescent, adult and forensic psychiatrist. He is the medical director of the Rochester Center for Behavioral Medicine outside of Detroit. RCBM is a clinical research site and outpatient clinic specializing in the treatment of individuals and families struggling with mental illness, including ADHD, substance use disorders, mood disorders, and psychosis. In addition, Dr. Young teaches Psychiatry at the Wayne State University School of Medicine. He is the author of ADHD Grown Up (W.W. Norton, 2007) and Contemporary Guide to Adult ADHD (Handbooks in Healthcare, 2009). More information about Dr. Young, and the Rochester Center of Behavioral Medicine can be fount at www.rcbm.net. Christine Adamec has written more than 30 self-help books and encyclopedias, most recently Amphetamines and Methamphetamine (Chelsea House, 2012) and The Encyclopedia of Kidney Diseases and Disorders (Facts On File, 2011). In addition, she coauthored Fibromyalgia for Dummies (Wiley, 2007), which has sold 100,000 copies in two editions. Adamec has also written or coauthored numerous books on substance abuse and mental illness, including), The Encyclopedia of Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse (Facts On File, 2010), The Encyclopedia of Drug Abuse (Facts On File, 2008)and How to Live with a Mentally Ill Person (Wiley, 1996). Adamec lives near Orlando, Florida. Read more at christineadamec.com

Table of Contents

Introduction vii

How to Use This Book xi

Part 1 Identifying the Problems 1

Chapter 1 Understanding the Severe Problems Adult Children Can Cause 2

Chapter 2 Your Emotions and Behavioral Reactions 22

Chapter 3 If Your Adult Child Lives with You 36

Part 2 Types of Problem Behavior and What You Can and Can't Do 55

Chapter 4 Bad Parenting 56

Chapter 5 Criminal Behavior 69

Chapter 6 Alcoholism and Drug Addiction 85

Chapter 7 Other Psychiatric Problems 108

Chapter 8 Suicidal Behavior 140

Part 3 Taking Care of Yourself 161

Chapter 9 Your Physical and Emotional Health 162

Chapter 10 Your Relationships with Family and Friends 180

Chapter 11 Setting Limits: What You Can or Can't Do 196

Chapter 12 Facing Reality and Walking Away 212

Conclusion 226

Acknowledgments 230

Appendices 232

A Important National Organizations That May Help 233

B Key Websites 235

C State-by-State Listing of Child Abuse Hotlines 236

Bibliography 239

Index 246

About the Authors 252