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  • Psychosis as a Personal Crisis

    An Experience-Based Approach

    Edited by Marius Romme, Sandra Escher ...
    Series series The International Society for Psychological and Social Approaches to Psychosis Book Series
    Psychosis as a Personal Crisis seeks to challenge the way people who hear voices are both viewed and treated. This book emphasises the individual variation between people who suffer from psychosis and puts forward the idea that hearing voices is not in itself a sign of mental illness.In this book the editors bring together an international range of expert contributors, who in their daily work, ... Read more

    $51.99 USD

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  • The Quiet Room

    A Journey Out of the Torment of Madness

    by Lori Schiller, Amanda Bennett ...
    "A book of rare power, passion, and intelligence. Travel with Lori into the heart of schizophrenia, and you will never be the same." —Diane Sawyer, award-winning television news anchorMoving, harrowing, and ultimately uplifting, Lori Schiller's memoir is a classic testimony to the ravages of mental illness and the power of perseverance and courage.At seventeen Lori Schiller was the perfect child ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

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  • The Soloist

    A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music

    by Steve Lopez ...
    The New York Times bestselling true story that inspired the major motion picture—an “unforgettable tale of hope, heart and humanity”(People).Journalist Steve Lopez discovered of Nathaniel Ayers, a former classical bass student at Julliard, playing his heart out on a two-string violin on Los Angeles’s Skid Row. Deeply affected by the beauty of Ayers’s music, Lopez took it upon himself to change the ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Complete Family Guide to Schizophrenia

    Helping Your Loved One Get the Most Out of Life

    by Kim T. Mueser, PhD, Susan Gingerich, MSW ...
    Will the person you love ever get better? Chances are you've grappled with the question. With care and support from their families, people with schizophrenia can and do make vast improvements. Noted therapists Kim Mueser and Susan Gingerich deepen your understanding of the illness and cover a wide range of effective treatments. Based on decades of research and experience, they offer pragmatic ... Read more

    $18.09 USD

  • This Is Your Brain On Parasites

    How Tiny Creatures Manipulate Our Behavior and Shape Society

    by Kathleen McAuliffe ...
    "Engrossing . . . [An] expedition through the hidden and sometimes horrifying microbial domain." — The Wall Street JournalParasites can live only inside another animal and, as Kathleen McAuliffe reveals, these tiny organisms have many evolutionary motives for manipulating the behavior of their hosts. With astonishing precision, parasites can coax rats to approach cats, spiders to transform the ... Read more

    $17.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Voices Within

    The History and Science of How We Talk to Ourselves

    by Charles Fernyhough ...
    A luminous exploration of the nature of thoughts, from daydreams to the voices in our headsAt the moment you caught sight of this book, what were you thinking? Was your thought a stream of sensations? Or was it a voice in your head? Did you ask yourself, "I wonder what that's about?" Did you answer? And what does it mean if you did?When someone says they hear voices in their head, they are often ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Is There No Place on Earth for Me

    by Susan Sheehan ...
    **PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • The renowned journalist's classic investigation of schizophrenia that follows a flamboyant and fiercely intelligent young woman as she struggles in the throes of mental illness.“The classic case study of schizophrenia that set the stage for reform. . . . Its insight, compassion, and humanity have much to teach us." —Andrew Solomon, author of The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of ... Read more

    Was $13.99 USD Now $4.99 USD

  • Growing Up with a Schizophrenic Mother

    by Margaret J. Brown and Doris Parker Roberts ...
    An estimated two to three million people in the United States today were raised by a schizophrenic parent. Brown and Roberts offer a unique book based on interviews with over forty adult children of mothers diagnosed as schizophrenic. Such topics as the isolation their family felt, their chaotic home environments, their present relationships with their mothers, and the lost potential of mother and ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Lisa, Bright and Dark

    by John Neufeld ...
    Selected as one of The New York Times Book Review's Best Books of the Year and honored worldwide, Lisa, Bright and Dark was an immediate sensation when it was first published. Detailing how mental illness affects friends and family of the ill, Lisa, Bright and Dark has been in print for more than forty years. Its value has not diminished over time, and readers throughout the world contact the ... Read more

    $6.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Blue Dreams

    The Science and the Story of the Drugs that Changed Our Minds

    by Lauren Slater ...
    The explosive story of the discovery and development of psychiatric medications, as well as the science and the people behind their invention, told by a riveting writer and psychologist who shares her own experience with the highs and lows of psychiatric drugs.Although one in five Americans now takes at least one psychotropic drug, the fact remains that nearly seventy years after doctors first ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

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  • The Everything Health Guide to Schizophrenia

    The latest information on treatment, medication, and coping strategies

    by Dean A Haycock, Elias K. Shaya ...
    Series series Everything® Series
    The effects of schizophrenia can be devastating for both the 3.3 million adults living with the disease as well as their families and friends. This guide offers help to those who suffer from schizophrenia and their loved ones, including information on how to:Get a correct diagnosisUnderstand the various types of schizophreniaHandle resulting problems such as substance abuseFind the right ... Read more

    Was $11.99 USD Now $2.99 USD

  • The Fog of Paranoia

    A Sister's Journey through Her Brother's Schizophrenia

    by Sarah Rae ...
    Pat and Sarah had long been friends, not just brother and sister. They supported each other, shared music and movies, and confided in each other as they went through the many challenging stages of adolescence. But something began to change in Pat. He was convinced people were watching him, spying on him. Once outgoing and sociable, he began to withdraw into a world of his own, on the inside, where ... Read more

    $46.99 USD