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Diagnosis: Schizophrenia : A Comprehensive Resource for Consumers, Families, and Helping Professionals, Second Edition / Rachel Miller.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2011]Copyright date: ©2011Edition: second editionDescription: 1 online resource (240 p.) : 5 illus; 6 tablesContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780231150415
  • 9780231521024
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • [E]
LOC classification:
  • RC514 .D44 2011
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword to the Second Edition -- Foreword -- Introductory Note -- A Note on the Title -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Using This Book -- Introduction. So They Say We Have Schizophrenia -- 1. In the Beginning -- 2. So Many Questions: The Quick Reference Guide -- 3. How the Brain Works -- 4. What Is Schizophrenia? -- 5. Why Me? -- 6. Diagnosing Schizophrenia -- 7. What Will People Think of Me Now? -- 8. Medication -- 9. Out of the Hospital and Staying Well -- 10. Coping with Positive and Negative Symptoms -- 11. Coping with Other Symptoms and Side Effects -- 12. Drugs, Alcohol, and Safer Sex -- 13. Under the Microscope -- 14. Zelda's Story -- 15. Who Am I Now? -- 16. Getting the Social Services You Need -- 17. Vocational Rehabilitation -- Appendix 1. Client Assistance Program Directory -- Appendix 2. Vocational Rehabilitation Directory -- Appendix 3. Other Resources -- Index
Summary: In this book, thirty-five young, recently diagnosed patients speak about schizophrenia and the process of recovery, while two specialists illuminate the medical science, psychoeducation, and therapeutic needs of those coping with the illness, as well as access to medical benefits and community resources. A remarkably inclusive guide, the volume informs patients, families, friends, and professionals, detailing the possible causes of schizophrenia, medications and 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 and the necessity of healthy eating, safe sex practices, and coping skills during recovery. Clinicians 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. Adopting an uplifting tone of manageability, the participants, authors, and clinicians of this volume offer more than advice—they prescribe hope.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword to the Second Edition -- Foreword -- Introductory Note -- A Note on the Title -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Using This Book -- Introduction. So They Say We Have Schizophrenia -- 1. In the Beginning -- 2. So Many Questions: The Quick Reference Guide -- 3. How the Brain Works -- 4. What Is Schizophrenia? -- 5. Why Me? -- 6. Diagnosing Schizophrenia -- 7. What Will People Think of Me Now? -- 8. Medication -- 9. Out of the Hospital and Staying Well -- 10. Coping with Positive and Negative Symptoms -- 11. Coping with Other Symptoms and Side Effects -- 12. Drugs, Alcohol, and Safer Sex -- 13. Under the Microscope -- 14. Zelda's Story -- 15. Who Am I Now? -- 16. Getting the Social Services You Need -- 17. Vocational Rehabilitation -- Appendix 1. Client Assistance Program Directory -- Appendix 2. Vocational Rehabilitation Directory -- Appendix 3. Other Resources -- Index

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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, psychoeducation, and therapeutic needs of those coping with the illness, as well as access to medical benefits and community resources. A remarkably inclusive guide, the volume informs patients, families, friends, and professionals, detailing the possible causes of schizophrenia, medications and 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 and the necessity of healthy eating, safe sex practices, and coping skills during recovery. Clinicians 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. Adopting an uplifting tone of manageability, the participants, authors, and clinicians of this volume offer more than advice—they prescribe hope.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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