Schizophrenia: The Positive Perspective: Explorations at the Outer Reaches of Human Experience

by Peter K. Chadwick

This fully revised second edition of The Positive Perspective uses biographical sketches and essays to discuss schizophrenia and related conditions, providing advice on methods of coping, routes to growth, recovery and well-being, and how schizophrenia can be viewed in a positive light. It also explores the insights of R.D. Laing and discusses how they can be applied to contemporary ideas and research. In this expanded edition Peter Chadwick, a previous sufferer, builds on his earlier edition and introduces new topics The Positive Perspective encourages hope, confidence and increased self-esteem in schizophrenia sufferers and raises new questions about how schizophrenia should be evaluated. It is important reading for anyone working with schizophrenic people including psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, and other mental health professionals.

224 pages, Hardcover

First published August 7, 1997

Reviews

[Michelle Langley · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book offers an amazing perspective on schizophrenia that I have not found anywhere else. It's essential reading for anyone who wonders if there is more to this disorder than is clinically explainable.