Surviving Schizophrenia: A Family Manual

Presents an introduction to the nature, causes, symptoms, and treatment of schizophrenia, and provides information for patients and families on how to live with the disease.;The inner world of madness : view from the inside -- Defining schizophrenia : view from the outside -- Conditions sometimes confused with schizophrenia -- Onset, course, and prognosis -- Research findings on the causes of schizophrenia -- Theories about the causes of schizophrenia -- The treatment of schizophrenia : getting started -- The treatment of schizophrenia -- The rehabilitation of schizophrenia -- Ten major problems -- How can patients and families survive schizophrenia? -- Commonly asked questions -- Schizophrenia in the public eye -- Dimensions of the disaster -- Issues for advocates.