Living with Schizophrenia
by Dr Neel Burton and Dr Phil Davison
There is a perception that schizophrenia is both uncommon and impossible to treat. In fact, it affects about 650,000 people in the UK, 2.2 million in the US, and some 50 million globally; and, the treatment success rate with today’s medication and therapy can be high. It affects men and women in equal proportions, but often appears earlier in men. Symptoms are often terrifying and include visual and auditory hallucinations and acute paranoia, which may leave sufferers withdrawn, and incomprehensible or frightening to others.
Living with Schizophrenia aims to fill a gaping hole in the market for information and self-help guides by addressing the needs of people with schizophrenia and their carers, relatives, and friends. Topics include:- Authoritative description of what schizophrenia is and isn’t
- Information and support for families and friends; how they can help.
- Diagnosis
- Physical treatments
- Psychological treatments (talking therapies)
- Social interventions
- Further help
Neel Burton is a psychiatrist practising in Oxford with a specialist interest in neuroscience and philosophy. His book Psychiatry, (Blackwell Publishing, May 2006) has just won the £1,200 Richard Asher Prize for a first medical textbook for students. He is also author of Clinical Skills for OSCEs, (Taylor and Francis Group, 2003.)
Phil Davison is Consultant Psychiatrist and Associate College Tutor at Oxfordshire Mental Healthcare NHS Trust, and Honorary Senior Lecturer in Psychiatry, University of Oxford. He is also the Consultant Psychiatrist for Oxford University Counselling Services (OUCS).
New Publication
128pp
216 x 138 mm
ISBN: 978-1-84709-006-5
Price: £7.99
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