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Author : Margaret Hawkins
language : en
Publisher: Conari Press
Release Date : 2011-10-01
After Schizophrenia written by Margaret Hawkins and has been published by Conari Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-01 with Psychology categories.
Schizophrenia affects more than 3 million American adults. Despite being classified as a severe mental illness, a brain disease that can be treated, it remains misunderstood. Schizophrenia still carries a stigma that too often devastates and silences families. For 30 years, Margaret Hawkins’ sister Barb lived cloistered in her family home in suburban Chicago, a prisoner of undiagnosed schizophrenia. Hearing voices and paralyzed with fear, she was never evaluated, never treated, and refused to leave the house. After Schizophrenia is the story of Barb’s descent into severe mental illness and the healing that has come only in recent years: after her parents’ death when Margaret became her guardian. With uncanny grace and humor, Margaret chronicles her family’s struggle with Barb’s mental illness, the love that carried them through, and the virtual army of healthcare angels willing to come to Barb’s aid. This is an extraordinary story of severe mental illness and the healing that is possible with prompt diagnosis, good drugs, good care, and a fierce belief in the power to get well.
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Author : Margaret Hawkins
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Publisher: Conari Press
Release Date : 2011-10-01
After Schizophrenia written by Margaret Hawkins and has been published by Conari Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-01 with Psychology categories.
Schizophrenia affects more than 3 million American adults. Despite being classified as a severe mental illness, a brain disease that can be treated, it remains misunderstood. Schizophrenia still carries a stigma that too often devastates and silences families. For 30 years, Margaret Hawkins' sister Barb lived cloistered in her family home in suburban Chicago, a prisoner of undiagnosed schizophrenia. Hearing voices and paralyzed with fear, she was never evaluated, never treated, and refused to leave the house. After Schizophrenia is the story of Barb's descent into severe mental illness and the healing that has come only in recent years: after her parents' death when Margaret became her guardian. With uncanny grace and humor, Margaret chronicles her family's struggle with Barb's mental illness, the love that carried them through, and the virtual army of healthcare angels willing to come to Barb's aid. This is an extraordinary story of severe mental illness and the healing that is possible with prompt diagnosis, good drugs, good care, and a fierce belief in the power to get well.
Life After Psychosis
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Author : Peter Melnyk
language : en
Publisher: FriesenPress
Release Date : 2021-03-17
Life After Psychosis written by Peter Melnyk and has been published by FriesenPress this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-17 with Self-Help categories.
Schizophrenia and bipolar disorder together affect 65 million people worldwide. A first-hand account, Life After Psychosis will help those who have survived psychosis, their families, and mental health professionals better understand psychotic illness and how one can recover. All aspects of life with a psychotic illness are addressed, including: • Medication • Financial issues • Work • Relationships • Stigma It is possible to enjoy life after psychosis. Understanding, knowledge, professional help, and support during and after recovery will help those who suffer from a psychotic illness and aid them on their journey to wellness. This book provides hope, encouragement, and a companion on that journey.
Schizophrenia
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Author : Robert J. Burke
language : en
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
Release Date : 2022-12-30
Schizophrenia written by Robert J. Burke and has been published by Page Publishing Inc this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-12-30 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Schizophrenia: My Life after Being Diagnosed with Schizophrenia is an actual true account of a man's life, heartache, overcoming adversity, and redemption after being diagnosed with schizophrenia. It documents his struggles off medication and accomplishments on medication. This book can help anyone suffering from mental illness realize that through proper medical treatment and medication management they can lead successful normal lives and overcome any obstacle. From a man who lived it and can share his story.
Life After Schizophrenia
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Author : Anders M. Svenning
language : en
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date : 2019-11-11
Life After Schizophrenia written by Anders M. Svenning and has been published by Independently Published this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-11 with categories.
Life After Schizophrenia breaks down the theory, or thought form schizophrenia into many different levels starting with the opening essay which is titled, "Schizophrenia: Real or Imagined." The science known as ontology which delineates the bases of existence is a device used to further scrutinize schizophrenia from the oblique angle of those diagnosed, or as put in the book misdiagnosed as per misconstrued symptoms which are spiritual or religious in origin.Individuals many times are taken against their will to mental health offices and even institutionalized for deviant thoughts which are in turn verbalized and which are in all of actuality the subconscious surfacing and in effect initiating pansophism in the individual which is as C.G. Jung has put it the ultimate objective of man as an individual and as a whole.The hindering of pansophism and even corporeal atonement with one's subconscious is perpetuated through the misplaced faith systems of many a mental health professional; and within the pages of Life After Schizophrenia lies the collinear processes of the how and the why regarding the so called schizophrenic thought form, its prevalence, and its transforming into hysteria, but also incorporates the causation of supposed schizophrenic ideas on individualistic, societal, spiritual, and even religious levels.
Life After Schizophrenia
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Author : Anders M. Svenning
language : en
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Release Date : 2019-11-11
Life After Schizophrenia written by Anders M. Svenning and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-11 with Philosophy categories.
Life After Schizophrenia breaks down the theory, or thought form schizophrenia into many different levels starting with the opening essay which is titled, "Schizophrenia: Real or Imagined." The science known as ontology which delineates the bases of existence is a device used to further scrutinize schizophrenia from the oblique angle of those diagnosed, or as put in the book misdiagnosed as per misconstrued symptoms which are spiritual or religious in origin. Individuals many times are taken against their will to mental health offices and even institutionalized for deviant thoughts which are in turn verbalized and which are in all of actuality the subconscious surfacing and in effect initiating pansophism in the individual which is as C.G. Jung has put it the ultimate objective of man as an individual and as a whole. The hindering of pansophism and even corporeal atonement with one's subconscious is perpetuated through the misplaced faith systems of many a mental health professional; and within the pages of Life After Schizophrenia lies the collinear processes of the how and the why regarding the so called schizophrenic thought form, its prevalence, and its transforming into hysteria, but also incorporates the causation of supposed schizophrenic ideas on individualistic, societal, spiritual, and even religious levels.
Staying Well After Psychosis
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Author : Andrew Gumley
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2007-12-10
Staying Well After Psychosis written by Andrew Gumley and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-12-10 with Psychology categories.
Staying Well After Psychosis Staying Well After Psychosis is extremely readable, based on solid research evidence and packed full of clinical insights and strategies that will satisfy any clinician seeking innovative approaches to the promotion of recovery from psychosis. Anthony P. Morrison, Professor of Clinical Psychology, University of Manchester, UK Over the past decade our understanding of the experience of psychosis has changed dramatically. As part of this change, a range of psychological models of psychosis and associated interventions have developed. Staying Well After Psychosis presents an individually based psychological intervention targeting emotional recovery and relapse prevention. This approach considers the cognitive, interpersonal and developmental aspects involved in recovery and vulnerability to the recurrence of psychosis. Andrew Gumley and Matthias Schwannauer provide a framework for recovery and staying well that focuses on emotional and interpersonal adaptation to psychosis. This practical manual covers, in detail, all aspects of the therapeutic process of Cognitive Interpersonal Therapy, including: Taking a developmental perspective on help seeking and affect regulation. Supporting self-reorganisation and adaptation after acute psychosis. Understanding and treating traumatic reactions to psychosis. Working with feelings of humiliation, entrapment, loss and fear of recurrence. Working with cognitive interpersonal schemata. Developing coping in an interpersonal context. Clinical psychologists, psychiatrists and mental health professionals will find this innovative treatment manual to be a valuable resource in their work with adults and adolescents. This book will also be of interest to lecturers and students of clinical psychology and mental health.
Hidden Valley Road
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Author : Robert Kolker
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2020-04-09
Hidden Valley Road written by Robert Kolker and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-04-09 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
12 children. 6 of them diagnosed with schizophrenia. Science's greatest hope in understanding the disease. ___________ *ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVOURITE BOOKS OF 2020* *TIME 100 Must-Read Books Of 2020 Pick* *New York Times bestseller* *Selected as Oprah's Book Club Pick* 'Startlingly intimate' - The Sunday Times 'Grippingly told and brilliantly reported' - Mail on Sunday 'Unforgettable' - The Times For fans of Educated, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks and Three Identical Strangers Don and Mimi Galvin seemed to be living the American dream. After World War II, Don's work with the Air Force brought them to Colorado, where their twelve children perfectly spanned the baby boom: the oldest born in 1945, the youngest in 1965. In those years, there was an established script for a family like the Galvins - aspiration, hard work, upward mobility, domestic harmony - and they worked hard to play their parts. But behind the scenes was a different story: psychological breakdown, sudden shocking violence, hidden abuse. By the mid-1970s, six of the ten Galvin boys, one after the other, were diagnosed as schizophrenic. How could all this happen to one family? What took place inside the house on Hidden Valley Road was so extraordinary that the Galvins became one of the first families to be studied by the National Institutes of Mental Health. Their story offers a shadow history of the science of schizophrenia, from the era of institutionalization, lobotomy, and the schizophrenogenic mother, to the search for genetic markers for the disease, always amidst profound disagreements about the nature of the illness itself. And unbeknownst to the Galvins, samples of their DNA informed decades of genetic research that continues today, offering paths to treatment, prediction, and even eradication of the disease for future generations. With clarity and compassion, bestselling and award-winning author Robert Kolker uncovers one family's unforgettable legacy of suffering, love and hope. 'An extraordinary case study and tour de force of reporting' - Sylvia Nasar, author of A Beautiful Mind 'This book tore my heart out. It is a revelation-about the history of mental health treatment, about trauma, foremost about family-and a more-than-worthy follow-up to Robert Kolker's brilliant Lost Girls' -Megan Abbott, Edgar Award-winning author of Dare Me and Give Me Your Hand 'Hidden Valley Road contains everything: scientific intrigue, meticulous reporting, startling revelations, and, most of all, a profound sense of humanity. It is that rare book that can be read again and again' -David Grann, author of Killers of the Flower Moon
Journey Out Of Schizophrenia
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Author : Jindřich Jašík
language : en
Publisher: Jindřich Jašík
Release Date : 2024-02-19
Journey Out Of Schizophrenia written by Jindřich Jašík and has been published by Jindřich Jašík this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-02-19 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This book is an account of a human being who has been through the deepest pits of Hell before returning to the world of humans. The author summarises the most important measures that assisted him on his journey out of schizophrenia towards a happy life without psychopharmaceuticals. Journey out of Schizophrenia provides an invaluable compass and a roadmap for all those who wish to take their lives back into their own hands.
Phenomenology And Lacan On Schizophrenia
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Author : Alphonse de Waelhens
language : en
Publisher: Leuven University Press
Release Date : 2001
Phenomenology And Lacan On Schizophrenia written by Alphonse de Waelhens and has been published by Leuven University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Philosophy categories.
In Phenomenology and Lacan on Schizophrenia, Alphonse De Waelhens provides a clear summary of Lacan's theory of schizophrenia, as Lacan derived it from his commentary of Freud's study of the Memoirs of Schreber. De Waelhens also shows how Lacan's understanding of the schizophrenic as having a defective relation to language can also explain four other characteristics of schizophrenic behavior: the fragmented body image; lack of realistic evaluation of the world; so-called bisexuality; and confusion of birth and death. Third, De Waelhens gives a Hegelian interpretation of the pre-Oedipal experience of the child. He makes use of Freud's study on his grand-child using a bobbin and later the words fort-da (away-here), to demonstrate that a transitional object allows the child to take distance from its attachment to the mother so that it can start to separate itself from the mother. Taking distance is, according to De Waelhens, introducing the Hegelian negative, which is the birth of the subject. Fourth, De Waelhens gives a dialectic reading of the history of German and French psychiatry. He shows the epistemological contradictions in the work of some of the great nineteenth century psychiatrists relying too exclusively on a biological model of schizophrenia.In his contribution to this volume, Wilfried Ver Eecke draws several lessons from evaluating the literature on schizophrenia. He argues that epistemologically neither a biological nor a psychological method of reasoning can capture all the factors that can play a role in the creation of schizophrenia. He relies heavily, but not exclusively, on the Finnish studies of Tienari, Myrhman, and Wahlberg and their colleagues to provide statistical evidence that non-biological factors also play an important role in causing schizophrenia. He relies heavily, but again not exclusively, on the study by Karon and VandenBos to demonstrate statistically the efficiency of psychodynamically inspired therapy of schizophrenics.Ver Eecke also addresses an apparent inconsistency in De Waelhens' presentation of Lacan's theory of schizophrenia. Where De Waelhens seemed to argue at one time that the mother figure was the crucial figure to explain schizophrenia (leading to a defective relation to the body) and at another time that it was the role of the father which was crucial (leading to a defective relation to language and the symbolic), there Ver Eecke argues that the defective function of each influences the function of the other. He then draws a conclusion for the therapy of schizophrenics: to be helpful a therapist will have to address both deficiencies. The problem for treating schizophrenics is that correcting an unconscious deficiency to the body-a deficiency in the imaginary-requires a totally different kind of intervention than an attempt to correct a symbolic deficiency-a deficiency in the paternal function. A correction of the imaginary requires a kind of maternal mirroring; a correction of the symbolic requires making a distinction or a prohibition stick. One further difficulty arises. Psychotherapy uses language in its treatment. However, language in schizophrenics is deficient. We can therefore expect that language will be inefficient. This is so unless the therapist uses language, first, to make a repair at the imaginary level and only thereafter makes an attempt to make a correction in the symbolic. In analyzing successful therapeutic techniques reported by several therapists Ver Eecke discovers that all of them first try to repair the imaginary before they attempt to make corrections to the symbolic.