Two leading schizophrenia researchers present the first accessible, comprehensive, and completely up-to-date guide to dealing with the disease. They provide the latest information on the integration of drugs and psychological treatments and discuss how family members can be a helpful part of the treatment process.
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
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comprehensive and illuminating,
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This review is from: Understanding Schizophrenia: A Guide to the New Research on Causes and Treatment (Board book)
I have started reading a few books on the subject, and this one complements the others. Positives/novelties include various experiences with the illness, told in form of stories, on different possibilities and courses of the illness for different people, and the human suffering, and comprehensive information on various aspects of the illness, and where to get help, etc. It provided answers to some of my specific questions such as the danger of violence from an ill person and how drugs may contribute to the illness, which I haven't found in other books.
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This review is from: Understanding Schizophrenia: A Guide to the New Research on Causes and Treatment (Board book)
Publisher: Free Press; (May 6, 1994)I bought this back years ago and it was one of the best of the time when it was written. It is a little dry...written scholar to scholar, not for consumers or even families in my opinion. But its now totally out out date with regards to new antipsychotics as it only mentiones Clozaril and Risperdal. Missing Seroquel, Zyprexa, Geodon, Abilify and plenty more now being tested! Look at recommendations for another...this is past its prime.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Excellent resource for patients, families, and students,
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This review is from: Understanding Schizophrenia: A Guide to the New Research on Causes and Treatment (Board book)
This text is provides the reader with an excellent layman's description of the illness and the potential and methods of treatment. An ideal text for patients or families, this may also serve as a comprehensive introduction for students.
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other neurobiological disorders, many people with schizophrenia, family member with schizophrenia, therapeutic residence, someone with schizophrenia, most people with schizophrenia, typical neuroleptic drugs, medication continuation, person with schizophrenia, man with schizophrenia, persons with schizophrenia, typical neuroleptics, specific brain damage, schizophrenic people, medication clinic, sigma receptor, schizophrenic person, positive symptoms, negative symptoms Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, High High High Medium Very, Veterans Affairs, Gerald Sumner New!
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- The Natural Medicine Guide to Schizophrenia (Healthy Mind Guides) by Stephanie Marohn on 7 pages
- The Mental Health Desk Reference: Visual Guides and More for Learning to Use the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (Dsm-Iv-Tr (Haworth Social Work Practice,) by Carlton Munson on page 158, and Back Matter
- Embodied Rhetorics: Disability in Language and Culture by James C. Wilson on page 60
- Helping Someone with Mental Illness: A Compassionate Guide for Family, Friends, and Caregivers by Rosalynn Carter in Back Matter
- Am I Okay?: A Layman's Guide to the Psychiatrist's Bible by Allen Frances on page 326
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