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Malady of the Mind

Author : Jeffrey A. Lieberman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1982136448
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (821 download)

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Download or read book Malady of the Mind written by Jeffrey A. Lieberman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-02-21 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The most important book about schizophrenia in decades, and perhaps ever…a total game-changer.” —Sylvia Nasar, author of A Beautiful Mind A comprehensive, deeply researched, and highly readable portrait of schizophrenia—its history, its various manifestations, and how today’s treatments have promising and often lifesaving potential. This “incredibly captivating” (Siddhartha Mukherjee, author of The Emperor of All Maladies) portrait of schizophrenia, the most malignant and mysterious mental illness, by renowned psychiatrist Jeffrey Lieberman, interweaves cultural and scientific history with dramatic patient profiles and clinical experiences to impart a revolutionary message of hope. For the first time in history, we can effectively treat schizophrenia, limiting its disabling effects—and we’re on the verge of being able to prevent the disease’s onset entirely. Drawing on his four-decade career, Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman expertly illuminates the past, present, and future of this historically dreaded and devastating illness. Interweaving history, science, and policy with personal anecdotes and clinical cases, Malady of the Mind is a rich, illuminating experience written in accessible, fluid prose. From Dr. Lieberman’s vantage point at the pinnacle of academic psychiatry, informed by extensive research experience and clinical care of thousands of patients, he explains how the complexity of the brain, the checkered history of psychiatric medicine, and centuries of stigma combined with misguided legislation and health care policies have impeded scientific advances and clinical progress. Despite this, there is reason for optimism: by offering evidence-based treatments that combine medication with psychosocial services and principles learned from the recovery movement, doctors can now effectively treat schizophrenia by diagnosing patients at a very early stage, achieving a mutually respectful therapeutic alliance, and preventing relapse, thus limiting the progression of the illness. Even more promising, decades of work on diagnosis, detection, and early intervention have pushed scientific progress to the cusp of prevention—meaning that in the near future, doctors may be able to prevent the onset of this disorder. A must-read for those interested in medical history, psychology, and those whose lives have been affected by schizophrenia, this “penetrating, important” (Andrew Solomon, author of Noonday Demon) work offers a comprehensive scientific portrait, crucial insights, sound advice for families and friends, and most importantly, hope for those sufferers now and future generations.

Tales From The Mind Of A Schizophrenic

Author : Vincent Macraven
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1456847503
Total Pages : 415 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (568 download)

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Download or read book Tales From The Mind Of A Schizophrenic written by Vincent Macraven and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-02-04 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Hearing those stories through your eyes went straight to my core" Rebecca Rosenblat, B.Sc. Hons(Psych) Cert LC, ADL,EFT. Psychotherapist, Relationship & Sexuality Therapist, Tv Host, Media Personality, Author

Tales From a "Schizophrenic" Mind

Author : Kevin Vollick
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1387220667
Total Pages : 93 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (872 download)

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Download or read book Tales From a "Schizophrenic" Mind written by Kevin Vollick and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-09-09 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I've been living with schizophrenia for just over a decade. This book is my attempt at sharing my experiences with the world. Hopefully most people will find it to be an enjoyable and eye-opening read. The world of schizophrenia is complex for many people living with this "disease", and I believe most doctors just scratch-the-surface when discussing symptoms with the patient, hence my want to write a book about it.

Hidden Valley Road

Author : Robert Kolker
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0385543778
Total Pages : 427 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (855 download)

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Download or read book Hidden Valley Road written by Robert Kolker and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2020-04-07 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • ONE OF GQ's TOP 50 BOOKS OF LITERARY JOURNALISM IN THE 21st CENTURY • The heartrending story of a midcentury American family with twelve children, six of them diagnosed with schizophrenia, that became science's great hope in the quest to understand the disease. "Reads like a medical detective journey and sheds light on a topic so many of us face: mental illness." —Oprah Winfrey 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 another, 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 Institute 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 amid 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.

A Kind of Mirraculas Paradise

Author : Sandy Allen
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1501134051
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book A Kind of Mirraculas Paradise written by Sandy Allen and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-01-23 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Compelling…A bracing work of art and a loving tribute” (Los Angeles Times), this propulsive, stunning book illuminates the experience of living with schizophrenia like never before. Sandra Allen did not know their uncle Bob very well. As a child, Sandy had been told Bob was “crazy,” that he had spent time in mental hospitals while growing up in Berkeley in the 60s and 70s. But Bob had lived a hermetic life in a remote part of California for longer than Sandy had been alive, and what little Sandy knew of him came from rare family reunions or odd, infrequent phone calls. Then in 2009 Bob mailed Sandy his autobiography. Typewritten in all caps, a stream of error-riddled sentences more than sixty, single-spaced pages, the often-incomprehensible manuscript proclaimed to be a “true story” about being “labeled a psychotic paranoid schizophrenic,” and arrived with a plea to help him get his story out to the world. “Searing” (O, The Oprah Magazine), “enthralling” (Star-Tribune, Minneapolis), and “a marvel” (Esquire), A Kind of Mirraculas Paradise shows how Sandy translated Bob’s autobiography, artfully creating a gripping coming-of-age story while sticking faithfully to the facts as he shared them. Sandy also shares background information about their family, the culturally explosive time and place of their uncle’s formative years, and the vitally important questions surrounding schizophrenia and mental healthcare in America more broadly. The result is a heartbreaking and sometimes hilarious portrait of a young man striving for stability in his life as well as his mind, and an utterly unique lens into an experience that, to most people, remains unimaginable. “Thrilling…Gorgeous…a watershed in empathetic adaptation of ‘outsider’ autobiography” (The New Republic), A Kind of Mirraculas Paradise is a dazzlingly, daringly written book that’s poised to change conversations about schizophrenia and mental illness overall.

Mind Without a Home

Author : Kristina Morgan
Publisher : Hazelden Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1616494603
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (164 download)

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Download or read book Mind Without a Home written by Kristina Morgan and published by Hazelden Publishing. This book was released on 2013-09-03 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experience the inner world of a woman with schizophrenia in this brutally honest, lyrical memoir. Have you ever wondered what it is like in the mind of a person with Schizophrenia? How can one survive day after day unable to distinguish between one’s inner nightmares and the everyday realities that most of us take for granted? In her brutally honest, highly original memoir, Kristina Morgan takes us inside her head to experience the chaos, fragmented thinking, and the startling creativity of the schizophrenic mind. With the intimacy of private journal-like entries and the language of a poet, she carries us from her childhood to her teen years when hallucinations began to hijack her mind and into adulthood where she began abusing alcohol to temper the punishing voices that only she could hear. This is no formulaic tale of tragedy and triumph: We feel Kristina’s hope as she pursues an education and career and begins to build strong family connections, friendships and intimacy—and her devastation as the insistent voices convince her to throw it all away, destroying herself and alienating everyone around her. Woven through the pages of her life are stories of recovery from alcoholism and the search for her sexual identity in relationships with both women and men. Eventually, her journey takes her to a place of relative peace and stability where she finds the inner resources and support system to manage her chronic illnesses and live a fulfilling life.

The Mind in Chains

Author : William L. Moore
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781684220564
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (25 download)

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Download or read book The Mind in Chains written by William L. Moore and published by . This book was released on 2017-01-13 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2017 Reprint of 1955 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. In this classic account of schizophrenia, Moore describes his struggle with madness. "How does it feel to be treated as mad? How do things look to you? And, above all, how do you preserve hope and dignity and keep your identity in a hospital for the insane? This unique and powerful book is authored by an ex-Marine and graduate student who suddenly finds himself stigmatized as a schizophrenic and committed to an insane asylum. It lays bare the secrets and hiding places of the soul with a frankness that will astonish the reader." From Dust Jacket. The "Mind in Chains" combines the interest of a study of schizophrenia with the fascination of a detective story.

A Schizophrenic Will

Author : William Jiang MLS
Publisher : William Jiang
ISBN 13 : 1451512244
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (515 download)

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Download or read book A Schizophrenic Will written by William Jiang MLS and published by William Jiang. This book was released on 2010-04-16 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A Schizophrenic Will: A Story of Madness, A Story of Hope" is an inspirational autobiographical account of living with the dreaded disease of schizophrenia. His story is one of strong mind, strong body, and strong love. The journey begins with his first serious psychotic break from reality as a teenager and ends with him being a respected, published medical library Chief at the number one psychiatric research institute in the world, NYSPI, affiliated with Columbia University. One thing that makes his story a wonder to read is the sheer number of challenges he faces head-on and, ultimately, overcomes. Mr. Jiang's story is an unforgettable, uplifting personal history to be read and savored. Not only is his autobiography difficult to put down once picked up, but A Schizophrenic Will: A Story of Madness, A Story of Hope leaves the reader wanting more, after the tale is told.

Mind Estranged

Author : Bethany Yeiser
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780990345220
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (452 download)

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Download or read book Mind Estranged written by Bethany Yeiser and published by . This book was released on 2014-07-10 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: MIND ESTRANGED tells the story of Bethany's life, from her years as a promising university student through her gradual descent into schizophrenia, and unexpected, full recovery. While slowly losing her sanity, she traveled the world. She returned to the U.S. unable to work or study, and soon found herself homeless, delusional, and controlled by voices that talked to her and gave her orders in her mind. Bethany's memoir enables the reader to enter into the mind of a person with schizophrenia, homeless and roaming the streets. While living in the shadows of society, her illness drove her to refuse all contact with her family and friends, and eventually led to her arrest and hospitalization. Against all odds, she recovered from schizophrenia, returned to college, and graduated with honors. Henry A. Nasrallah, MD, a professor of psychiatry who treated Bethany, writes, "Bethany is living proof that recovery from schizophrenia is possible with good medical care, solid family support and the courage to keep fighting the tormenting voices that ordered her every move and controlled her every thought. MIND ESTRANGED is also a powerful message of encouragement and support for any human being facing an overwhelming challenge at some point in life." MIND ESTRANGED is the companion book to FLIGHT FROM REASON: A Mother's Story of Schizophrenia, Recovery and Hope, by Karen S. Yeiser. FLIGHT FROM REASON parallels the timeline of MIND ESTRANGED.

My Schizophrenic Life

Author : Sandra Yuen MacKay
Publisher : Bridgeross Communications
ISBN 13 : 0981003796
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book My Schizophrenic Life written by Sandra Yuen MacKay and published by Bridgeross Communications. This book was released on 2010 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Early in her life, Sandra started to exhibit the symptons of paranoid schizophrenia which came as a surprise to her unsuspecting family. Her book chronicles her struggles, hospitalisations, encounters with professionals, return to school, eventual marriage and success as an artist, writer, and advocate.

Henry's Demons

Author : Patrick Cockburn
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439154716
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Henry's Demons written by Patrick Cockburn and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-02-14 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Narrated by both Henry Cockburn and his father Patrick, this is the extraordinary story of the eight years since Henry's descent into schizophrenia- years he has spent almost entirely in hospitals- and his family's struggle to help him recover.

Recovery from the Hell of Schizophrenia - A True Story of an Imprisoned Mind, Heart and Soul - Freed by Hoffer's Key

Author : Carlene Hope
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781411627062
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (27 download)

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Download or read book Recovery from the Hell of Schizophrenia - A True Story of an Imprisoned Mind, Heart and Soul - Freed by Hoffer's Key written by Carlene Hope and published by . This book was released on 2005-03 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book will empower those who are suffering from the hell of schizophrenia. It is a Godsend as it provides the key that will give a person the chance to get better or recover from this disease. The author enlightens her readers as she takes them on an incredible journey as a little girl while growing up with relatives that suffered from mental illness. As an adult she finally escapes the clutches of an evil relative. Life takes another turn for her as she and her husband are confronted with a most difficult challenge when their young teenage son is stricken with schizophrenia. There is a very happy ending though, as she discovers that there is an alternative treatment that sets her son free him from a living hell on earth. With the joy of her son's recovery she shares with her readers the seriousness of how orthomolecular medicine played a significant role with his recovery. This is a must read for all family members, doctors, alternative medicine practitioners, school teachers and counselors.

Whispers

Author : Crystal Drake Toennis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781622120345
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book Whispers written by Crystal Drake Toennis and published by . This book was released on 2012-08-01 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whispers: Behind the Eyes and Mind of a Schizophrenic is a true story. This is my story of what it's like living with schizophrenia. Since I was a young girl, I experienced a lot of unexplained abnormal activities. As I got older, my symptoms got worse, and I was in and out of hospitals. Over the past six years, I've learned to deal with my illness. I can now pass along some of my daily life experiences that will give others a better understanding of this far-reaching mental illness. The information in the book explains what you or a loved one are living through and how you can survive. There's no longer a need to hear the Whispers behind your back. Here are the facts from someone who's been there! Ever since I was a little girl, I've had abnormal activities happen to me that I could not explain. I was in a battle within myself. At one point I thought that I was seeing the devil and he would not leave me alone. I was tormented. This was a hard secret to keep. If I would have told someone the truth, they either would not believe me or would think that I was crazy. Until now I kept my secret of hearing voices and seeing apparitions to myself. I dealt with my illness by myself. I had no one by my side to help me through my hard times and that was a real challenge. I was twenty-seven when I had the episode that would change who I was, now and forever. I finally got so sick that I ended up in a hospital and that's when I first told about how my life has been. I was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, bipolar, social anxiety disorder, depression, and multiple personality disorder. I believe that my struggles and sacrifices throughout my life and teaching myself how to handle uncomfortable situations has made me a stronger person and gave me the courage to be able to tell my story to everyone. My goal is to help people learn the signs of this disorder and know how to help loved ones in their time of need. I hope that my life story is influential and inspirational to others and I hope that people find this book helpful in some way. About the Author: Crystal Drake Toennis was born on an Army base in Alaska and was raised in Ogden, Utah. She moved back to Alaska to raise her family. She writes with deep emotion about her life from childhood to present day and hopes her book will help others. "I can't wait to tell my story." Publisher's website: http: //sbpra.com/CrystalDrakeToennis

Divided Minds

Author : Pamela Spiro Wagner
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312320652
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (26 download)

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Download or read book Divided Minds written by Pamela Spiro Wagner and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2006-08-08 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Relates the stories of a pair of identical twin sisters, a schizophrenic and a psychiatrist, in an account that traces the deterioration of the favored sister into mental illness, and the other's emergence from her troubled sibling's shadow.

When Quietness Came

Author : Erin L. Hawkes
Publisher : Bridgeross Communications
ISBN 13 : 0987824449
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (878 download)

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Download or read book When Quietness Came written by Erin L. Hawkes and published by Bridgeross Communications. This book was released on 2012 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "With an introduction by Dr. Richard O'Reilly"--Cover.

Chapters in the Mind of a Schizophrenic

Author : YM Mehanni
Publisher : Austin Macauley Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1398486736
Total Pages : 153 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (984 download)

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Download or read book Chapters in the Mind of a Schizophrenic written by YM Mehanni and published by Austin Macauley Publishers. This book was released on 2023-01-06 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essence of my book I lost my mind And got it back with time My mind is a complex thing Only I know what it is like within Concealed in my skull It’s anything but dull I tried to keep it sane But it has its own brain I lost control and got it back But it’s that trust I lack Not knowing what comes next I converted my thoughts to text To try and understand Before I’m buried in the sand I kind of know how you tick But to society I am sick Labelled as mentally ill But I have a strong will To conquer my brain And learn how to maintain A level of sanity Enough to have clarity And function within the norm Without causing a storm I lost you twice As I rolled the dice Gambling with my mind Because I didn’t know what kind Of illness I was dealing with Now I know schizophrenia it is I try to make my peace With a mind that is never at ease Now I wrote this book And that much suffering it took To describe my mind But I think now it is perfectly timed To share this book With all the pain and sweat it took I hope to spark a conversation That puts us on track to that far destination Where acceptance is key And we can all live free By YM Mehanni

Mind Fixers: Psychiatry's Troubled Search for the Biology of Mental Illness

Author : Anne Harrington
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 1324001976
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book Mind Fixers: Psychiatry's Troubled Search for the Biology of Mental Illness written by Anne Harrington and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2019-04-16 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mind Fixers tells the history of psychiatry’s quest to understand the biological basis of mental illness and asks where we need to go from here. In Mind Fixers, Anne Harrington, author of The Cure Within, explores psychiatry’s repeatedly frustrated struggle to understand mental disorder in biomedical terms. She shows how the stalling of early twentieth century efforts in this direction allowed Freudians and social scientists to insist, with some justification, that they had better ways of analyzing and fixing minds. But when the Freudians overreached, they drove psychiatry into a state of crisis that a new “biological revolution” was meant to alleviate. Harrington shows how little that biological revolution had to do with breakthroughs in science, and why the field has fallen into a state of crisis in our own time. Mind Fixers makes clear that psychiatry’s waxing and waning biological enthusiasms have been shaped not just by developments in the clinic and lab, but also by a surprising range of social factors, including immigration, warfare, grassroots activism, and assumptions about race and gender. Government programs designed to empty the state mental hospitals, acrid rivalries between different factions in the field, industry profit mongering, consumerism, and an uncritical media have all contributed to the story as well. In focusing particularly on the search for the biological roots of schizophrenia, depression, and bipolar disorder, Harrington underscores the high human stakes for the millions of people who have sought medical answers for their mental suffering. This is not just a story about doctors and scientists, but about countless ordinary people and their loved ones. A clear-eyed, evenhanded, and yet passionate tour de force, Mind Fixers recounts the past and present struggle to make mental illness a biological problem in order to lay the groundwork for creating a better future, both for those who suffer and for those whose job it is to care for them.