A horrifying view into the terrifying world of a young schizophrenic, I Never Promised You a Rose Garden gives us a taste of the disconnect of worlds while reminding us that the experience is personal. We will never do more than taste another's mental disorder. While this book ends on a hopeful note, it doesn't provide follow-up on long term results.
Today the assumption is generally that schizophrenia has a physical cause, whether genetic, brain chemistry, viral, or other causal agent. Medications are helpful and therapy, in assistance to medication, can help many schizophrenics to function in the world. Families, too, can be helped to understand the schizophrenic patient. Treating it solely with the kind of therapy described in Rose Garden is rarely pursued. But the fact that in that era and in this case it was both pursued and some level of success achieved is a testament to both the author and therapist.
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