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"Surviving Schizophrenia: - A Manual for Families, Patients, and Providers"
E. Fuller Torrey;
The Burden of Sympathy: - How Families Cope With Mental Illness"
David A. Karp
"Diagnosis: Schizophrenia"
Rachel Miller
"Divided Minds: - Twin Sisters and Their Journey Through Schizophrenia"
Pamela Spiro Wagner;
"The Quiet Room: - A Journey Out of the Torment of Madness"
Lori Schiller;
Review: The author of this book, Lori Schiller, has written a very frank and open account on the effects that having schizophrenia has had on her life.
Lori explains, in very detailed language, what the effect of hearing voices has on her self worth and self-image and her progression into self-harm and self-destruction. For those whose family member experiences this aspect of schizophrenia, it is insightful and gives a further appreciation of the difficulties experienced for those who have to live with this aspect of mental torment.
It was interesting reading the chapters of this book that related to the various responses of family and friends and how they eventually come to terms with and understanding of Lori's illness. This book highlighted not only Lori's determination to overcome the difficulties and challenges that coping with schizophrenia has on her life but also the importance of family support and love as well as the essential role that clinical specialist, nursing staff and support persons, along with responsive medication, play in helping her to progress into a life where she is able to begin again and look at the world and her illness in a different light.
Fay
May 2007
"The Day the Voices Stopped: - A Schizophrenic's Journey from Madness to Hope"
Ken Steele;
An honest and very insightful read of the life of a young man who heard voices and was suicidal for the best part of 30 years. I did find it hard going at times because he went from one bad situation to the next, to the next as the treatment that was available at the time didn't work for him and he suffered terribly at times. However it was worth hanging in though, because he never gave up trying to get better and eventually he found a psychiatrist who really listened to him. He was put on a new medication that finally worked for him, and one day, the voices really did stop. It is a story of hope and recovery. Ken Steele went on to advocate for Consumer rights in America.
Susan
May 2007-06-19
"Surviving Manic Depression: - A Manual on Bipolar Disorder for Patients, Families, and Providers"
E. Fuller Torrey
"Helping Someone with Mental Illness: - A Compassionate Guide for Family, Friends, and Caregivers"
Rosalynn Carter
"The Bipolar Disorder Survival Guide: - What You and Your Family Need to Know"
David J. Miklowitz
"I am Not Sick I Don't Need Help!"
Xavier Amador
"Living with IT:" - A survivors Guide to Panic Attacks.
Bev Aisbett
"Tell Me I'm Here/One Family's Experience of Schizophrenia"
Anne Deveson;
"When Someone You Love Has a Mental Illness": - A handbook for Family, Friends and Carers.
Rebecca Woolis;
"Mad House: - Growing Up in the Shadow of Mentally Ill Siblings"
Clea Simon;
"The Burden of Sympathy: - How Families Cope With Mental Illness"
David A. Karp;
"Brave New Brain: - Conquering Mental Illness in the Era of The Genome"
Nancy C. Andreasen
"Recovered, Not Cured: - A Journey Through Schizophrenia"
Richard McLean
"Helping Someone with Mental Illness": - The newest advances in research and treatment, How to get the best care possible, Overcoming the stigma of mental illness
Rosalynn Carter with Susan K. Golant
Review: "I found this a good additional read after I had read more specific and detailed books on a single condition. Of particular interest was a chapter on Caregiving for Mental Illness, the link between a strain of Streptococcus and the development of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, and the experiences of patients and caregivers. Although it is an American book, there is plenty in it that is relevant to us in NZ.
Yvonne
April 2007
"When Someone you Love is Depressed": - How to help your loved one without losing yourself
Laura Epstein Rosen
Xavier F. Amador
"The Complete Family Guide to Schizophrenia": - Understanding the illness, Head off relapses, Learn about Recovery, Improve work and relationships, solve problems as a family.
Kim T. Meuser, and Susan Gingerich,
"Surviving an Eating Disorder": - Strategies for Family and Friends Michael Siegel, Judith Brisman, Margot Weinshel
"Help Your Teenager Beat and Eating Disorder": - Learn why you need to act now, Find out what the research says about which treatments work, Take charge of changes in eating habits and exercise, Put up a united family front to prevent relapse.
James Lock and Daniel Le Grange
"Brave New Brain":- Conquering Mental Illness in the Era of the Genome
Nancy C Andreasen
"Sad Love Stories": - A study in Manic Depressive Illness
John T. Young
"The Bipolar Disorder Survival Guide": - What You and Your Family Need to Know"
David J. Miklowitz
"Diagnosis Schizophrenia": - A comprehensive Resource
Rachel Miller and Susan E Mason
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