Experiencing mental health caregiving - Unpaid Carers

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The book serves as a way to connect and network with unpaid mental health carers as the experience of providing unpaid care can be an isolating experience. The 2nd book by Matthew McKenzie who is a former mental health carer tried to capture the challenges faced by carers with insight from unpaid carers, NHS staff, lived experienced survivors and researchers on what mental health care looks like.

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Chapter 1

Chapter 1 - Carer identity

The first chapter explores what unpaid mental health carers feel about their identity. When starting out as unpaid carers, it is if they have been thrown into a world of change and with that comes
a change of identity with little to no instruction on how to interact and connect with others or who we are caring for. The chapter puts carers as the experts in how they explore learning from each
other in identifying themselves and knowing who they really are. Carer statements explore what has been taken away from their lives and what has been added. A new identify always carries some
value, but can unpaid carers find this out in time?
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