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Schizophrenia For Dummies Pub. Date: 11/3/2008 Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated

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Overview

Practical tools for leading a happy, productive life

Schizophrenia is a chronic, severe, and disabling mental disorder that afflicts one percent of the population, an estimated 2.5 million people in America alone. The firsthand advice in this reassuring guide will empower the families and caregivers of schizophrenia patients to take charge, offering expert advice on identifying the warning signs, choosing the right health professional, understanding currently available drugs and those on the horizon (as well as their side effects), and evaluating traditional and alternative therapies.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780470259276
Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/3/2008
Edition number: 1
Pages: 384
Sales rank: 449,125
Series: For Dummies Series
Product dimensions: 7.30 (w) x 9.10 (h) x 1.00 (d)

Meet the Author

Jerome Levine, MD, is a board-certified psychiatrist whose career has spanned almost 50 years. He is the Deputy Director of the Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research in Orangeburg, New York. Irene S. Levine, PhD, served as the first Deputy Director of the U.S. Center for Mental Health Services. She is a clinical psychologist and an award-winning freelance journalist and author.

Introduction.

Part I: Understanding Schizophrenia.

Chapter 1: Understanding Schizophrenia: The Big Picture.

Chapter 2: Causes and Risk Factors.

Chapter 3: Suspecting Schizophrenia.

Part II: Finding Out What’s Wrong and Getting Help.

Chapter 4: Getting a Diagnosis.

Chapter 5: Assembling a Healthcare Team.

Chapter 6: Beginning Treatment.

Chapter 7: Paying for Your Loved One’s Care.

Part III: Treating Schizophrenia.

Chapter 8: Medication and Other Medical Approaches.

Chapter 9: Psychosocial Approaches.

Chapter 10: Finding Help and Hope through Research.

Part IV: Living with Schizophrenia.

Chapter 11: Schizophrenia and the Family.

Chapter 12: Developing Coping Skills.

Chapter 13: Housing Choices: Figuring Out Where to Live.

Chapter 14: Coping with Crises.

Chapter 15: People Are More Than Patients: Addressing the Needs of the Whole Person.

Part V: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 16: Ten My ths about Schizophrenia You Can Forget.

Chapter 17: Ten Tips for Helping Families and Friends Cope and Come Out on Top.

Chapter 18: Ten Ways to Avoid Relapse.

Appendix: Resources.

Index.

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Rossa_Forbes

Posted May 25, 2010

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NAMI indebeted book encourages status quo

The title, Schizophrenia for Dummies, is, indeed, correct. This book is for dummies, or at least will not further your ability to overcome schizophrenia if you buy what it is selling.

To begin with, the cover invites the reader to "learn to help their loved one live a happier, more productive life." How patronizing. Note that there is no mention of the person with schizophrenia learning to help him/herself take charge of their own life. Using the term your loved one when it comes to schizophrenia may at times be necessary but it has the chill of a body on ice.

The inside of the book subtly reinforces the idea that your relative is, and will continue to be, managed and dependent. The authors, Irene Levine, Ph.D. and Jerome Levine, M.D. are profoundly indebted, of course, to members of NAMI, an organization which, in my opinion, perpetuates stigma. The book trots out the usual stuff about myth busting such as the myth of split personality, the myth that people with schizophrenia are violent, the myth that bad parenting is the cause. All of these so-called myths have a basis that is conveniently forgotten these days. It is easier to call them myths than to actually figure out the understandable and surprising secrets that underly them. There are excellent and effective holistic therapies that can shine a light on these areas, but these therapies will not be found in this book.

There is a cartoon towards the end of the book that sums up the bias of the NAMI-indebted authors towards instilling a take charge of your own life perspective. An aging father is talking to his son in the son's bedroom: "Why don't we talk to your doctor about adjusting your medication, and then see about building that underground railroad to all your friends' homes." Humor is needed, but the message is not encouraging. Dependent, aging child, aging parent. How long is that child/man going to be living at home in the same bedroom he grew up in? The cartoon inadvertently raises the question, if the medications are really all that effective, as the father seems to believe, how come the kid is still delusional?

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