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I Am Not Sick I Don’t Need Help!

How to Help Someone Accept Treatment (20th Anniversary Edition)

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I Am Not Sick I Don’t Need Help!

By: Xavier Amador
Narrated by: Gary J. Chambers
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Dr. Amador's research on poor insight was inspired by his success helping his brother Henry, who had schizophrenia, accept treatment. Like tens of millions of others diagnosed with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and addictions, Henry did not believe he was ill.

In this latest edition, all chapters have been updated with new research on anosognosia (lack of insight) and much more detail on LEAP. Listeners will find expanded guidance on how to learn and use LEAP. New advice, relying on lessons learned from tens of thousands of LEAP seminar participants, is given to help listeners quickly and effectively use Dr. Amador's method for helping someone accept treatment.

I Am Not Sick, I Don't Need Help! is not just a reference for mental health practitioners and criminal justice professionals. It is a must-listen to guide for family members whose loved ones are battling mental illness and addictions. Listen, and learn as have hundreds of thousands of others...to LEAP—listen, empathize, agree, and partner—and help your patients and loved ones accept the treatment they need.

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Having had some experience with this illness, I greatly appreciate the author's very helpful insight and teaching into the LEAP methods. Thankyou so much and also an excellent narration.

Brilliant and very helpful

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This book is just what I needed. Not only is it well-written, but it's also well-narrated.

Like the author, I have an adult sibling going through what I think is schizophrenia or psychosis (undiagnosed), and this book makes some valuable points on how to navigate someone who does not consider they need help. I could relate very much to the emotions and frustrations expressed in the book and I have learned some important things about the lens I should be viewing it all through. I hope I can put it all into practise.

Highly recommended for anyone trying to help a friend or family member

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Real! Valuable and helpful!
Thanks to the author to share the experiences!
Highly recommended to read!

Real! Valuable and helpful!

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