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Surviving schizophrenia: a family manual
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Harper Perennial
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9780062880802
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Table of Contents
From the Book - Regular Print - First Harper Perennial edition, sixth edition, revised and updated.
1 Inner World of Madness: View from the Inside --
Alterations of the Senses 4 --
Inability to Interpret and Respond 13 --
Delusions and Hallucinations 24 --
Altered Sense of Self 35 --
Changes in Emotions 37 --
Changes in Movements 42 --
Changes in Behavior 44 --
Decreased Awareness of Illness: Anosognosia 47 --
Black-Red Disease 49 --
Recommended Further Reading 56 --
2 Defining Schizophrenia: View from the Outside --
Official Criteria for Diagnosis 59 --
Subtypes of Schizophrenia 63 --
Schizophrenia Spectrum: Do We All Have a Little? 64 --
Schizoaffective Disorder and Manic-Depressive Illness 68 --
Recommended Further Reading 73 --
3 Conditions Sometimes Confused with Schizophrenia --
A "Split Personality" 75 --
Psychosis Caused by Street Drugs: Can Marijuana Use Cause Schizophrenia? 76 --
Psychosis Caused by Prescription Drugs 78 --
Psychosis Caused by Other Diseases 80 --
Psychosis Caused by Head Trauma 83 --
Psychosis with Mental Retardation 84 --
Infantile Autism 85 --
Antisocial Personality Disorders and Sexual Predators 86 --
Culturally Sanctioned Psychotic Behavior 87 --
Recommended Further Reading 88 --
4 Onset, Course, and Prognosis --
Childhood Precursors 91 --
Onset and Early Symptoms 92 --
Childhood Schizophrenia 95 --
Postpartum Schizophrenia 96 --
Late-Onset Schizophrenia 97 --
Predictors of Outcome 98 --
Male-Female Differences 100 --
Possible Courses: Ten Years Later 101 --
Possible Courses: Thirty Years Later 106 --
Do People with Schizophrenia in Developing Countries Really Have a Better Outcome? 109 --
Causes of Death: Why Do People with Schizophrenia Die at a Younger Age? 110 --
Recommended Further Reading 113 --
5 Research Findings on the Causes of Schizophrenia --
Normal Brain 116 --
What Are the Known Facts? 118 --
What Parts of the B rain Are Affected? 128 --
When Does the Brain Damage Begin? 129 --
Recommended Further Reading 130 --
6 Theories About the Causes of Schizophrenia --
Genetic Theories 134 --
Neurochemical Theories 136 --
Developmental Theories 137 --
Infectious and Immune Theories 138 --
Nutritional Theories 140 --
Endocrine Theories 141 --
Stress Theories 142 --
Obsolete Theories 144 --
Recommended Further Reading 147 --
7 Treatment of Schizophrenia: Getting Started --
How to Find a Good Doctor 150 --
What Is an Adequate Diagnostic Workup? 155 --
Hospitalization: Voluntary and Involuntary 159 --
Alternatives to Hospitalization 168 --
Payment for Treatment, Insurance Parity, and Health Care Reform 169 --
Outpatient Treatment, Managed Care, and Continuity of Caregiver 172 --
Services for Children 175 --
Services in Rural Areas 177 --
Recommended Further Reading 178 --
8 Treatment of Schizophrenia --
Do Antipsychotics Work? 181 --
How Do They Work? 181 --
Whose Information Can You Trust? 182 --
Which Drug Should You Try? 183 --
Newest Drugs and Those in the Pipeline 191 --
Clozapine: The Most Effective Antipsychotic 193 --
What to Try When All Else Fails 194 --
Oral, Intramuscular, Dose, and Duration 196 --
Drug Costs and the Use of Generics 200 --
Criticism of Antipsychotics 201 --
Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) and Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) 203 --
Herbal Treatments 204 --
Psychotherapy and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy 206 --
Early Treatment of Schizophrenia 207 --
Recommended Further Reading 209 --
9 Rehabilitation of Schizophrenia --
Money and Food 212 --
Housing 216 --
Employment 220 --
Friendship and Social Skills Training 223 --
Medical and Dental Care 226 --
Quality of Life Measures 228 --
Need for Asylum 229 --
Recovery Model 231 --
Recommended Further Reading 232 --
10 Ten Major Problems --
Cigarettes and Coffee 235 --
Alcohol and Street Drugs 239 --
Sex, Pregnancy, and AIDS 243 --
Victimization 249 --
Confidentiality 251 --
Medication Noncompliance 254 --
Assisted Treatment 260 --
Assaultive and Violent Behavior 269 --
Arrest and Jail 272 --
Suicide 274 --
Recommended Further Reading 277 --
11 How Can Patients and Families Survive Schizophrenia? --
Right Attitude 281 --
Importance of Education 290 --
Survival Strategies for Patients 291 --
Survival Strategies for Families 294 --
Effects of Schizophrenia on Siblings, Children, and Spouses 305 --
Minimizing Relapses 308 --
Recommended Further Reading 312 --
12 Commonly Asked Questions --
Does Schizophrenia Change the Underlying Personality? 319 --
Are People with Schizophrenia Responsible for Their Behavior? 321 --
Does Schizophrenia Affect the Person's IQ? 324 --
Should People with Schizophrenia Drive Vehicles? 325 --
How Do Religious Issues Affect People with Schizophrenia? 326 --
Should You Tell People That You Have Schizophrenia? 328 --
Genetic Counseling: What Are the Chances of Getting Schizophrenia? 329 --
Why Do Some Adopted Children Develop Schizophrenia? 331 --
What Will Happen When the Parents Die? 332 --
Recommended Further Reading 334 --
13 Schizophrenia in the Public Eye --
Schizophrenia in the Movies 336 --
Schizophrenia in Literature 344 --
Schizophrenia, Creativity, and Famous People 351 --
Problem of Stigma 356 --
Recommended Further Reading 358 --
14 Dimensions of the Disaster --
How Many People Have Schizophrenia in the United States? 365 --
Do Some Groups Have More Schizophrenia than Others? 367 --
Is Schizophrenia Increasing or Decreasing? 371 --
Is Schizophrenia of Recent Origin? 372 --
Deinstitutionalization: A Cradle for Catastrophe 375 --
What Is the Cost of Schizophrenia? 381 --
Recommended Further Reading 385 --
15 Issues for Advocates --
Advocacy Organizations: Good and Bad 387 --
NIMH and SAMHSA 390 --
Scientologists, Anti-Psychiatrists, and "Consumer Survivors" 391 --
Educating the Public 393 --
Decreasing Stigma 395 --
How to Organize for Advocacy 396 --
Recommended Further Reading 398.
From the Book - Regular Print - Seventh edition.
The inner world of madness: view from the inside
Defining schizophrenia: view from the outside
Conditions sometimes confused with schizophrenia
Onset, course, and prognosis
The causes of schizophrenia
The treatment of schizophrenia : getting started
The treatment of schizophrenia: medical and other
The rehabilitation of schizophrenia
What good services should look like
Ten major problems
How can patients and families survive schizophrenia?
Commonly asked questions
Schizophrenia in the public eye
Dimensions of the disaster
Issues for advocates.
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