Showing titles in Schizophrenia & Psychotic Disorders

Your recovery from psychosis is a unique experience that encompasses many different emotions. Everyone experiences psychosis differently, and that's why The Psychosis Workbook offers customizable treatment strategies you can use to overcome the challenges associated with psychosis and move forward on your recovery journey.

Susan Doherty's groundbreaking book brings us a population of lost souls, ill-served by society, feared, shunted from locked wards to rooming houses to the streets to jail and back again. For the past ten years, some of the people who cycle in and out of the severely ill wards of the Douglas Institute in Montreal have found a friend in Susan, who volunteers on the ward, and then follows her friends out into the world as they struggle to get through their days. With their full cooperation, she brings us their stories, which challenge the ways we think about people with mental illness.

Obsession Depression and Madness goes deep into the psychosis of a man who lives with schizophrenia. It deals with the obsessive thinking that results from having delusions of persecution. It is very intense to say the least. It will take your mind to places you could only imagine. It will definitely make you feel for the author. These are poems from the vault of Timothy Paul Brown along with some recent poems. They were excluded from his other books for fear of judgement. He no longer is afraid to reveal these innermost thoughts, ideas, emotions and experiences to the world.

Dan Mathews knew that his witty, bawdy 78-year-old mother, Perry, was unable to maintain her fierce independence - so he flew her across the country to Virginia to live with him in an 1870 townhouse badly in need of repairs. But to Dan, a screwdriver is a cocktail not a tool, and he was soon overwhelmed with two fixer-uppers: the house and his mother.

In this updated second edition, available only as an audiobook, Randye Kaye tells listeners, in the introduction and epilogue, about what happened in the decade after the initial release of Ben Behind His Voices. Yes, Ben is still here, still living real-life "Chutes and Ladders". When we first meet Ben, he's a sweet, intelligent, seemingly well-adjusted youngster. Fast forward to his teenage years and Ben's life has spun out of control. He's swept along by an illness over which he has no control—one that results in homelessness, hospitalizations, and finally a diagnosis.

Searching for answers everywhere has led you to believe your beloved child might have schizophrenia. You can only find horror stories on the illness, that is when you’re able to understand the lengthy and confusing medical terminology at all.

The Insanity Machine is an introspective look at life with paranoid schizophrenia. This book takes a clinical and observational look at the challenges presented by the condition. Kenna discusses the definition of paranoid schizophrenia, treatments, living with the disorder, and many other topics surrounding schizophrenia.

With aspirations of being a successful lawyer, Jonathan embarks on a path to make his dreams come true, but is ultimately, unable to do so due to his schizoaffective disorder. In this candid and unflinching memoir, Jonathan reveals his story in all its rawness: the ups, the downs, the wins, the losses, the highs and the darkest of lows.

Join a witty Psychiatric ER technician for his funniest, craziest, and most inspiring moments on the job. Step into a a world of deity delusions, heartbreaking hallucinations, shameless romances, and brutal blindsides.

In this mind-twisting tale based on real events, Fendi Jane Hathaway, an individual with schizoaffective disorder, writes down her feelings and what she experiences with mental illness inside a deep, dark diary. Throughout the story, you'll find that schizophrenia isn't what meets the eye. In fact, schizophrenia isn't what people make it at all.

Cuando se trata del Trastorno Límite de la Personalidad, muchas personas se quedan en la oscuridad. Todavía tienen dudas sobre qué es, qué hace que sea tan atractivo iniciar una relación con un persona como eso, o cómo se diferencia en hombres y mujeres.

La esquizofrenia es más común de lo que piensas. Y hay muchos falsos mitos al respecto. Algunas personas es similar al trastorno de personalidad múltiple, pero esta noción está lejos de la verdad. Otros dicen que solo está relacionado con voces o adicciones. Pero hay más que eso.

This memoir focuses on the everyday struggles a human being encounters while constantly hearing voices telling him or her what they should and shouldn’t be doing. Matt, the main character in this book—and the author, Matthew Littlechild—must battle each and every day to survive. Chronic alcoholism and drug-taking—either of which would cause someone without this man's mental health issues to struggle to survive—severely hamper his chances at a normal life. But he is fortunate in that he meets Samantha. She is his savior, Samantha, and he hangs on to her for dear life!

Dresden 1893: Der ehrgeizige Jurist Dr. Daniel Paul Schreber erleidet nach einer beruflichen Beförderung einen Nervenzusammenbruch. Im darauffolgenden stationären Aufenthalt entwirft Schreber eine Erklärungsschrift, welche seine Mündigkeit wiederherstellen soll und liefert damit ein umfangreiches, unmittelbares Zeugnis eines an paranoider Schizophrenie Erkrankten.

"Esquizo" és, més que un audiollibre, un altaveu per dónar la paraula a aquells que normalment no la tenen. L'audiollibre recull quinze testimonis reals d’esquizofrènics i familiars que conviuem amb la malaltia, quinze relats que parlen del rebuig social de la malaltia, del dolor i el neguit que pateixen els que la viuen dia a dia. En Ricard Ruiz Garzón fa una tasca importantíssima per allunyar prejudicis i contribuir a la desaparició de l’estigma que s’associa amb aquesta malaltia i ho fa donant veu als propis personatges d’aquesta història.

Zehn Jahre Albtraum. Zehn Jahre voller Ängste. Eine Krankheit, bei der das ganze Leben aus den Fugen gerät. Die Diagnose Schizophrenie verbreitet gemeinhin Schrecken, und das nicht ohne Grund. Jens Jüttner berichtet aus eigener langer Erfahrung über seine paranoide Schizophrenie. Offen erzählt er über seinen langen Weg mit vielen Tiefen, und wie er es am Ende geschafft hat, aus der Krankheit herauszufinden. Das Hörbuch klärt auf, wirbt um Verständnis und will anderen Betroffenen und deren Umfeld eine Hilfestellung sein und Mut machen - informativ, emotional, spannend, authentisch geschrieben.

Alguns infratores da lei são psicopatas e outros violam a lei , mas, na maioria dos casos, os psicopatas entre nós são pessoas comuns com características e qualidades distintas. Os sociopatas têm um distúrbio distinto que os torna diferentes de todos os outros. Você m ay mesmo saber alguma si mesmo, ou talvez você tenha sido influenciado por um no passado.

Ces livres vous ouvriront les yeux sur ce que la folie vit parmi nous. Certains contrevenants sont des psychopathes, et certains psychopathes enfreignent la loi , mais pour la plupart, les psychopathes parmi nous sont des gens ordinaires avec des traits et des qualités distincts. Les sociopathes ont un trouble distinct qui les rend différents de tous les autres. Vous m ay savoir même certains vous, ou peut - être que vous avez été influencé par un dans le passé.

Algunos infractores de la ley son psicópatas, y algunos psicópatas violan la ley , pero en su mayor parte, los psicópatas entre nosotros son personas comunes con rasgos y cualidades distintas. Los sociópatas tienen un trastorno distinto que los hace diferentes a todos los demás. Que m ay incluso conocer algunos usted mismo, o tal vez usted ha estado influenciada por uno en el pasado. En este libro, aprenderá, entre otros:

Unlike depression and other serious illnesses, bipolar disorder affects millions of people around the world. Whether you, a friend or family member, are diagnosed with Bipolar, or if you think that someone you know might have Bipolar, this audiobook is a great first call point for advice and support. The audiobook includes validated tips and methods on how to identify signs of bipolar disorder, a number of solutions to treat symptoms from diet to licensed clinicians and support group assistance, and how to recognize and predict the signs of an oncoming bipolar episode.