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AppleblossomSenior Contributor
I found this particularly relevant to me .. but also might help others. It is also acknowledges the importance of a narrative approach.
https://www120.secure.griffith.edu.au/rch/file/fa8e63b4-526a-69f1-9c45-e68dec16b5cb/1/01Front.pdf
Sorry this is just the Abstract and Chapter headings, but the chapter headings evocaked a lot for me.
In response to: Adult Children of People with Severe Mental Illness - ACOPSMI
AppleblossomSenior Contributor
There is also a master's thesis on the Minerva website which I cant get the link to work .. but its a free Pdf file.
"Lives Unseen: unacknowledged trauma of non-disordered, competent Adult children of Parents with a Severe Mental Illness (ACOPSMI)
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