Surviving schizophrenia
Subtitle: a family manual
By: E. Fuller Torrey, M.D.
Edition: Sixth edition. First Harper Perrenial edition.
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 488
ISBN-13: 9780062268853
Subjects: Schizophrenia; Treatment
Description: Updated throughout and filled with all the latest research, the bestselling Surviving Schizophrenia is back, now in its sixth edition.Since its first publication in 1983, Surviving Schizophrenia has become the standard reference book on the disease and has helped thousands of patients, their families, and mental health professionals. In clear language, this much-praised and important book describes the nature, causes, symptoms, treatment, and course of schizophrenia and also explores living with it from both the patient's and the family's point of view. This new, completely updated sixth edition includes the latest research findings on what causes the disease, as well as information about the newest drugs for treatment, and answers the questions most often asked by families, consumers, and providers.
Notes: Previously published: 1988.

Various printings.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The inner world of madness : view from the inside; title: Defining schizophrenia : view from the outside; title: Conditions sometimes confused with schizophrenia; title: Onset, course, and prognosis; title: Research findings on the causes of schizophrenia; title: Theories about the causes of schizophrenia; title: The treatment of schizophrenia : getting started; title: The treatment of schizophrenia; title: The rehabilitation of schizophrenia; title: Ten major problems; title: How can patients and families survive schizophrenia?; title: Commonly asked questions; title: Schizophrenia in the public eye; title: Dimensions of the disaster; title: Issues for advocates.