Psychology / Psychopathology / Schizophrenia

The Origins of Family Psychotherapy: The NIMH Family Study Project

by Murray Bowen, Jack Butler & Joanne Bowen

This book presents original papers from Bowen's NIMH Family Study Project with commentaries concerning the origins and developments of family psychotherapy and the beginnings of a new type of therapeutic relationship....

After Schizophrenia: The Story of How My Sister Got Help, Got Hope, and Got on with Life after 30 Years in Her Room

by Margaret Hawkins & Carolyn S. Spiro

Schizophrenia affects more than 3 million American adults. Despite being classified as a severe mental illness, a brain disease that can be treated, it remains misunderstood. Schizophrenia still carries a stigma...

Clinical and Neuropsychological Foundations of Schizophrenia

by Bernice A. Marcopulos & Matthew M. Kurtz

Clinical Neuropsychological Foundations of Schizophrenia is the first practitioner-oriented source of information on the neuropsychology of schizophrenia. This volume demonstrates the growth in what is known...

Schizophrenia and Civilization

by E. Fuller Torrey

A book that explores the relationship between schizophrenia and civilization by comparing prevalence with biological and psychosocial factors. This digital edition was derived from ACLS Humanities E-Book's (http://www.humanitiesebook.org)...

Schizophrenia: The Final Frontier - A Festschrift for Robin M. Murray

by Anthony S. S. David, Shitij Kapur & Peter McGuffin

Schizophrenia is a unique project reflecting the contribution that Robin M. Murray has made to the field of psychiatry over the past 35 years, with a particular focus on the advances that have been made to the...

Experiencing Psychosis

by Jim Geekie, Patte Randal & Debra Lampshire

Extensive scientific research has been conducted into understanding and learning more about psychotic experiences. However, in existing research the voice of subjective experience is rarely taken into consideration....

Psychosis as a Personal Crisis

by Marius Romme & Sandra Escher

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...

Schizophrenia For Dummies

by Jerome Levine & Irene S. Levine

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....