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Originally Posted by Wayfarer25
Surviving Schizophrenia: A Manual for Families, Patients, and Providers by E. Fuller Torrey, M.D.
A very no-nonsense guide to everything you'd ever want to know about schizophrenia, from symptoms to treatments. A very good book, and written in a non-academic tone so it's easy to read. He gives a lot of first-hand accounts of symptoms from people in their own words which I found easier to identify with than clinical terms. He also gives a huge list of books about sz that are worth reading and ones to avoid at all costs. Overall a very nice resource.
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I actually thought this book was horrible -- it totally fails to recognize that people can (and do) fully recover from sz. (Also, it totally pushes the mainstream "TAKE YOUR DRUGS!!!1!" line, but eh -- they all do that.) I remember reading something in it about how 'somebody who was an accomplished flutist before a diagnosis of schizophrenia will probably only ever play simple tunes after the dx'. It was depressing, and the attitude seems inappropriate in a book that is supposed to be about getting yourself/your family member better.
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