Rachel Miller and Susan Mason
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- November 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780231150415
- eISBN:
- 9780231521024
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Columbia University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7312/columbia/9780231150415.001.0001
- Subject:
- Psychology, Cognitive Psychology
In this book, thirty-five young, recently diagnosed patients speak about schizophrenia and the process of recovery, while two specialists illuminate the medical science, psycho-education, and ...
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In this book, thirty-five young, recently diagnosed patients speak about schizophrenia and the process of recovery, while two specialists illuminate the medical science, psycho-education, and therapeutic needs of those who are coping with the illness and accessing medical benefits and community resources. The book offers an informative guide to patients, families, friends, and professionals, detailing the possible causes of schizophrenia, its medications and their side effects, the functioning of the brain, and the value of rehabilitation and other services. In their dialogues, participants confront shame, stigma, substance use, and relapse issues. They also highlight the necessity of healthy eating, safe sex practices, and coping skills during recovery. The clinicians in the book elaborate on the symptoms of schizophrenia, such as violent and suicidal thoughts, delusions, hallucinations, memory and concentration problems, trouble getting motivated or organized, and anxiety and mood disorders. The book adopts an uplifting tone of manageability. In this way the clinicians and patients who contribute to this volume offer more than just advice—they prescribe hope.Less
In this book, thirty-five young, recently diagnosed patients speak about schizophrenia and the process of recovery, while two specialists illuminate the medical science, psycho-education, and therapeutic needs of those who are coping with the illness and accessing medical benefits and community resources. The book offers an informative guide to patients, families, friends, and professionals, detailing the possible causes of schizophrenia, its medications and their side effects, the functioning of the brain, and the value of rehabilitation and other services. In their dialogues, participants confront shame, stigma, substance use, and relapse issues. They also highlight the necessity of healthy eating, safe sex practices, and coping skills during recovery. The clinicians in the book elaborate on the symptoms of schizophrenia, such as violent and suicidal thoughts, delusions, hallucinations, memory and concentration problems, trouble getting motivated or organized, and anxiety and mood disorders. The book adopts an uplifting tone of manageability. In this way the clinicians and patients who contribute to this volume offer more than just advice—they prescribe hope.
