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Coping with Schizophrenia: A Guide for Patients, Families and Caregivers
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Product Description
The only book written specifically for people living with a diagnosis of schizophrenia, as well as their carers and loved ones, this empowering book takes a sensitive, respectful and understanding approach to the condition. Featuring numerous real-life cas studies, this guide focuses on the benefits of cognitive therapy, encouraging anyone living withthe condition to play a decisive role in managing and maintaining their own well-being.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #208286 in Books
- Published on: 2004-09-20
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 192 pages
Editorial Reviews
Review
Coping with Schizophrenia is a practical, helpful guide on the path toward recovery. It confronts difficult issues in ways that both empower individuals and provide hope for the journey. It offers tools and shared experiences that can help reduce isolation reassuring people living with the illness and people who love them that they are not alone. --Dr. Ken Duckworth, Medical Director, National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI), USA.
Jones and Hayward provide to those with schizophrenia, and to their families the essential ingredients for 'coping with schizophrenia' hope, understanding and information. --Dr. Neal Stolar, Clinical Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania, USA.
This is an excellent [book] and will make a very significant contribution to helping those with a diagnosis of schizophrenia. The book is extremely well written and achieves the difficult feat of combining optimism with realism. --Dr. David R. Hemsley, Professor of Abnormal Psychology, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, UK.
About the Author
Dr Steven Jones is Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology at the University of Manchester, Academic Division of Clinical Psychology, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester, UK and Honorary Consultant Clinical Psychologist at Pennine Care Trust, UK. Dr Peter Hayward is a graduate of Harvard University, a Consultant Clinical Psychologist at the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust in London and an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK.
