A Broken Hearted Schizophrenic

Author : Catherine E. Goin
Publisher : WestBow Press
Page : 47 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2022-03-24
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781664258556

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A Broken-Hearted Schizophrenic by Catherine E. Goin Pdf

“People are all alike; they just have different faces so you can tell them apart.” Meow Tzu (Michael Kent) in Meow Te Ching The book was written to celebrate her love of poetry and with the hope it will help others with mental stress and to help those who love them. Catherine Goin (Betsy) has coped with paranoid schizophrenia since 1974. She has been following her wonderful doctors instructions and the guidance of her faith in Jesus Christ for all these many years and has outlived her life expectancy with no end in sight.

Author : Catherine E. Goin
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2017-06-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1545564787

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A Broken-hearted Schizophrenic by Catherine E. Goin Pdf

Poetry by a broken-hearted schizophrenic in remission since 1974.

Author : Roberto Tatarelli,Maurizio Pompili,Paolo Girardi
Publisher : Nova Publishers
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1600211992

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Suicide in Schizophrenia by Roberto Tatarelli,Maurizio Pompili,Paolo Girardi Pdf

Why an entire volume on suicide in schizophrenia? It would appear that international literature already provides enough information in this field. Also, the daily growing number of papers on suicide among schizophrenic are certainly a more updated source of information may contribute to the reduction of deaths by suicide among these patients. Yet, as in the case of suicide as a whole, this progress of knowledge does not match with reduction of suicide rates, let alone reduction of suicide rates among people with schizophrenia. Maybe a summary, an overview that cannot be achieved with a simple Medline search may help those who are involved and those who should be involved in the prevention of self-killing of schizophrenic patients. This book, therefore, reports essays of some of the opinion leaders in the field with the aim to shed light to such overwhelming phenomenon.

Author : Doug Pargeter
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 157 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2014-02-25
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781491849569

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Heart Felt Lyrics and Schizophrenia Choices by Doug Pargeter Pdf

My song lyrics and journal reveal truth about my mental health and provide stability, comfort and inspiration. Lyrics are country songs reflecting lifes experiences and treasures. Suffering and miracles in my life have taught me truth. The secular movement has eroded basic Christian values in mental health. Recovery is possible for mental illness and alcoholism when you understand youre self and how your higher power can intervene. Love can make the difference with paranoia when you know youre self. Privacy is threatened. Never give up hope, always be vigilant Israeli PM. Hitler took over using government health care against the people, will it happen to us? We are at war for our liberty and freedom of religion and also health care freedom. [email protected], other books http://www.dougpargeterbooksandlyrics.vpweb.com In my lyrics I reflected on the renewing of relationships. My relationships were stormy due to the nature of the illness but decided to let my wife know I had schizophrenia beforehand the last time creating trust where I needed it allowing her to put up with my paranoia. I have suffered as Job and regained much that I lost and I hope to share my success with the world thru my books and song lyrics which has become therapy to me.

Author : Orna Ophir
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2022-05-04
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781509536481

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Schizophrenia by Orna Ophir Pdf

Throughout the world, schizophrenia is a diagnosis now in decline, representing a radical shift in our historical and medical understanding of madness and mental distress. But what does this medical term, first coined by a Swiss psychiatrist in 1908, mean? And why is it increasingly unpopular among patients and the medical establishment? Historian and clinician Orna Ophir unearths the stories of patients and doctors as they struggle to make sense of this debilitating condition. At different times, patients have been depicted as possessed by demons, or simply “inspired,” as hearing voices, suffering from a “split-mind,” or merely having difficulty in “integrating” experiences. Now, a century after its birth, schizophrenia is increasingly viewed not as a radical, abnormal disease defined by an ever-changing cluster of symptoms, but the extreme end of a spectrum on which we are all located. The story Ophir tells is a hopeful one: As patients and doctors sought to overcome stigma and improve therapeutic outcomes, they have shown ever-greater sensitivity to diversity and difference. Schizophrenia: An Unfinished History gestures toward a future in which clinicians and patients will collaborate in the search for better outcomes.

Author : Jeffrey A. Lieberman,Robin M. Murray
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2012-04-04
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780199938360

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Comprehensive Care of Schizophrenia by Jeffrey A. Lieberman,Robin M. Murray Pdf

The body of knowledge that we have accumulated about the causes and nature of schizophrenia is prodigious, and the repertoire of evidence-based treatments is substantial and increasing. Comprehensive Care of Schizophrenia distills this corpus into the essential information that clinicians who care for persons with schizophrenia need to know. The second edition of the popular volume is thoroughly updated, offering new information on the advances in research and management since the first edition was published a decade ago. Chapters are streamlined to keep content as concise as possible, while key sections have been revised and expanded to include new information on drug therapy and advice on patient care. People with schizophrenia can suffer from multiple morbidities and disabilities, and thus may require a variety of treatments, both pharmacological and psychosocial. To cover the complex and growing field of schizophrenia management, renowned psychiatrists Jeffrey Lieberman and Robin Murray have recruited a distinguished group of researchers, practitioners and consumers of mental health care. This guide delves into to all aspects of the clinical management of schizophrenia for both the health care professional who treats patients as well as the researcher interested in the advances made in the field and their clinical application.

Author : Devon W. Warner
Publisher : Page Publishing Inc
Page : 127 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2020-04-29
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781647014049

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Coping with Schizophrenia by Devon W. Warner Pdf

Hi, I'm the author of the new thriller biography, Coping with Schizophrenia. This is my story of dealing with a mental disorder, and it initially takes place in my grandmother's apartment. I'm a college student and woke up one morning hearing virulent voices in my head. I struggle from that point on to cope with these voices which are venomous. The story of how the turpitude voices made me feel reclusive, paranoid, and formidable. The narrative on how I went through hell in a six-week span is deaf-defying and overcame the odds are memorizing. I have a mental condition for the rest of life, but the fact is to never give up. Unlike the movie A Beautiful Mind, I was faced with life-threatening moments. This book will give people facing a disability the courage and dignity to change their perspective on life. Whether it's a mental or physical impediment, read this extraordinary book, and you will have a different outlook about your current state.

Author : Victor Tausk
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2018-04-27
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781351316705

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Sexuality, War, and Schizophrenia by Victor Tausk Pdf

Tausk was a major figure among pre-World War I psychoanalysts and a prominent pupil of Freud. Twelve of his papers are collected here and introduced by Pa Roazen (social and political science, York U.). Indexed by name only. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Author : M. Guy Thompson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2016-07-07
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781317653974

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The Death of Desire by M. Guy Thompson Pdf

A stunning exploration of the relation between desire and psychopathology, The Death of Desire is a unique synthesis of the work of Laing, Freud, Nietzsche, and Heidegger that renders their often difficult concepts brilliantly accessible to and usable by psychotherapists of all persuasions. In bridging a critical gap between phenomenology and psychoanalysis, M. Guy Thompson, one of the leading existential psychoanalysts of our time, firmly re-situates the unconscious – what Freud called "the lost continent of repressed desires" – in phenomenology. In so doing, he provides us with the richest, most compelling phenomenological treatment of the unconscious to date and also makes Freud’s theory of the unconscious newly comprehensible. In this revised and updated second edition to the original published in 1985, M. Guy Thompson takes us inside his soul-searching seven-year apprenticeship with radical psychiatrist R. D. Laing and his cohorts as it unfolded in counterculture London of the 1970s. This rite de passage culminates with a four-year sojourn inside one of Laing’s post-Kingsley Hall asylums, where Laing’s unorthodox conception of treatment dispenses with conventional boundaries between "doctor" and "patient." In this unprecedented exploration, Thompson reveals the secret to Laing’s astonishing alternative to the conventional psychiatric and psychoanalytic treatment schemes. Movingly written and deeply personal, Thompson shows why the very concept of "mental illness" is a misnomer and why sanity and madness should be understood instead as inherently puzzling stratagems that we devise in order to protect ourselves from intolerable mental anguish. The Death of Desire offers a provocative and challenging reappraisal of depth psychotherapy from an existential perspective that will be of interest to psychoanalysts, psychotherapists, philosophers, social scientists, and students of the human condition.

Author : Abu Sayed Zahiduzzaman
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2013-09-27
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781491820377

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Schizophrenia: a Patient's Perspective by Abu Sayed Zahiduzzaman Pdf

This book will enhance your knowledge and change your perspective on mental illnesses. You will have a better idea on how to cope with someone who has a mental illness. This book not only talks about depression, psychosis, and schizophrenia but gives an idea on various aspects of life and learning. One will learn some stories and theories that I have developed and experienced while I was hospitalized. This book contains 88 490 words that I hope you will explore to the fullest.

Author : Wilbur Huckabay
Publisher : Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
Page : 728 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2018-11-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781642992397

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Biblical Bandages for a Broken Heart by Wilbur Huckabay Pdf

A naval captain wouldn't dream of making someone who had never sailed turbulent waters as his first mate. Instead, his desire is to recruit a seasoned veteran who not only has traversed stormy seas but has also lived to tell the tale. Written from within the confines of a Texas prison, Biblical Bandages for a Broken Heart offers hope, peace, encouragement, and comfort to those who suffer from despair, depression, and the everyday trials of life. The author draws from his life experiences, both in his early years and while incarcerated. Using the English Standard Version (ESV), this inspirational yearly devotional marries rock-solid, Scriptural doctrine with real-life circumstances, creating a type of Divine medicinal salve for wounded hearts. "Blessed be the God and father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God" (2 Corinthians 1:3""4). Biblical Bandages for a Broken Heart has 365 daily devotionals, along with prayers, that offer strength, encouragement, and hope in a world of suffering.

Author : Anne McCracken,Mary Semel
Publisher : Hazelden Publishing
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2000-09-01
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 1568385560

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A Broken Heart Still Beats by Anne McCracken,Mary Semel Pdf

A Broken Heart Still Beats Softcover

Author : W. J. T. Mitchell
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2020-09-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780226696096

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Mental Traveler by W. J. T. Mitchell Pdf

How does a parent make sense of a child’s severe mental illness? How does a father meet the daily challenges of caring for his gifted but delusional son, while seeking to overcome the stigma of madness and the limits of psychiatry? W. J. T. Mitchell’s memoir tells the story—at once representative and unique—of one family’s encounter with mental illness and bears witness to the life of the talented young man who was his son. Gabriel Mitchell was diagnosed with schizophrenia at age twenty-one and died by suicide eighteen years later. He left behind a remarkable archive of creative work and a father determined to honor his son’s attempts to conquer his own illness. Before his death, Gabe had been working on a film that would show madness from inside and out, as media stereotype and spectacle, symptom and stigma, malady and minority status, disability and gateway to insight. He was convinced that madness is an extreme form of subjective experience that we all endure at some point in our lives, whether in moments of ecstasy or melancholy, or in the enduring trauma of a broken heart. Gabe’s declared ambition was to transform schizophrenia from a death sentence to a learning experience, and madness from a curse to a critical perspective. Shot through with love and pain, Mental Traveler shows how Gabe drew his father into his quest for enlightenment within madness. It is a book that will touch anyone struggling to cope with mental illness, and especially for parents and caregivers of those caught in its grasp.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Schizophrenia
ISBN : MINN:30000010746265

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Schizophrenia Bulletin by Anonim Pdf

Author : Phil Barker,Poppy Buchanan-Barker
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2006-06-14
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780470033869

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Spirituality and Mental Health by Phil Barker,Poppy Buchanan-Barker Pdf

This text explores spirituality and its relationship to mental health. It emphasizes the need to look inward and listen to the messages which are channelled through our beings, rather than dismiss these experiences as some form of "disorder". Part One considers spirituality as a reflection of the process of change. A brief overview of the contemporary history of spiritual inquiry in the field of mental health is provided. Part Two considers spirituality as a reflection of the process of meaning making. Part Three considers spirituality in terms of different forms of journey, including a consideration of the traditional concept of pilgrimage. Part Four considers the potential for healing that lies within even the most terrifying forms of madness. The book then concludes with a suggestion of the power of "waiting" and the rewards obtained by the careful, compassionate practice of life.