The Everything Health Guide to Schizophrenia: The latest information on treatment, medication, and coping strategies

by Dean Allen Haycock, Elias K. Shaya (Contributor)

The effects of schizophrenia can be devastating for both the 3.3 million adults living with the disease as well as their families and friends. This guide offers help to those who suffer from schizophrenia and their loved ones, including information on how Symptoms of schizophrenia and resulting problems can be severe. In this book, you will find the information, reassurance, and advice you need to work toward a better life.

Genres: Mental Health, Self Help

304 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

About the author

Dean Haycock is a science and medical writer living in New York.

He is the author of "Characters on the Couch, Exploring Psychology Through Literature and Film" (ABC-CLIO/Greewood, 2016); "Murderous Minds: Exploring the Criminal Psychopathic Brain: Neurological Imaging and the Manifestation of Evil" (Pegasus Books), "The Everything Health Guide to Adult Bipolar Disorder," 2nd and 3rd Editions (Adams Media) and "The Everything Health Guide to Schizophrenia" (Adams Media). He also is the co-author of "Avoiding and Dealing with Complications of LASIK and Other Eye Surgeries" (with Ismail A. Shalaby, M.D., Ph.D.)

He earned a Ph.D. in neurobiology from Brown University and a fellowship from the National Institute of Mental Health to study at The Rockefeller University. The results of his research, conducted in academia and in the pharmaceutical industry, have been published in Brain Research, the Journal of Neurochemistry, the Journal of Biological Chemistry, the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, and the Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics.

The author’s other reporting and feature articles have appeared in many newspapers and magazines including WebMD, Drug Discovery and Development, BioWorld Today, BioWorld International, The Lancet Neurology, The Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Current Biology and the Annals of Internal Medicine. In addition, he has contributed articles on a variety of topics to The Gale Encyclopedia of Science and The Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Health.

He is a member of the National Association of Science Writers, the American Society of Journalists and Authors and the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy.

Reviews

[Mark]

This is an inclusive book that covers all the basics of schizophrenia. It goes in detail but is simple and easy to catch on to. It goes into the basics that encompass the disorder as well as brief disorders that could be the real culprit if schizophrenia is not the case. This book does use the older DSM but it doesn't really affect the diagnoses process. From knowing what might cause schizophrenia to other related disorders to warning signs of the disorder it delves into the medical treatment. Mainly drug therapy but it also talks about psychotherapy in conjunction with a medication prescribed. The book also asks questions of should someone with schizophrenia stay at the home or have another living situation handling emergencies and support for caregivers. There is more information packed in this 290-page book.

The pros of this book are that I found it easy to read. It was informative but not patronizing to the reader. It a better understanding of the commision to where I could find how the information is related to my own illness. And that's the main thing: it is a good book for wanting to know the basic of the disorder and offer a comforting hand to navigate the complexities of the disorder know as schizophrenia and all the monster heads it owns.

[Angela]

Even though it is from the perspective of the medical model, and refuses to cover vitamin therapy, it is the most beneficial guide I have read up to now with realistic prognoses and good suggestions for family coping skills. Though 290 pgs seems unrealistic to tackle for someone with the disease, copying pertinent sections would be meaningful. It is written in rational conversational style and short topical sections.

The only thing I would have liked to have seen was the addition of Niacin to the diet, Vitamin D and possibly iodine.

[Cloay]

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