The Complete Family Guide to Schizophrenia: Helping Your Loved One Get the Most Out of Life
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Will the person you love ever get better? Chances are you've grappled with the question. With care and support from their families, people with schizophrenia can and do make vast improvements. Noted therapists Kim Mueser and Susan Gingerich deepen your understanding of the illness and cover a wide range of effective treatments. Based on decades of research and experience, they offer pragmatic suggestions for dealing with depression, psychosis, and other symptoms. They show you how to prioritize needs, resolve everyday problems, and encourage your loved one to set life goals. Plus, individual sections highlight special issues for parents, children, siblings, and partners. Whether you’re facing schizophrenia for the first time or you’ve dealt with its impact for years, you’ll discover innovative ways to handle challenges that arise over the course of treatment, from reducing the chances of relapse to making friends and finding work. Recovery isn't an endpoint--it's a lifelong journey. With love, hope, and realistic optimism, striving for it can lead to a richer, more rewarding life for your entire family. Winner, NAMI/Ken Book Award Review: for families dealing with Schizophrenia - As a mother of a son with Schizophrenia, this is the most helpful book I have read. I live in the Netherlands and give Family to Family education and I have found the information clear, useful and easy to read. Most books deal with facts and figures and the actual diagnoses and medication. This book gives helpful tips about solving problems, communication and managing stress. It also gives a realistic view of the recovery process and helps familys head off relapses. I would also advise family members to give this book to everybody who has contact with the patient. I think its would help with lowering the stigma attached to this illness. Review: Very easy to understand - Great book to use as reference. Easy for non medical people to understand. Practical, useful information. Highly recommend.
| Best Sellers Rank | #243,870 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #41 in Popular Psychology Mental Illness Books #45 in Schizophrenia (Books) #858 in Popular Psychology Pathologies |
| Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 263 Reviews |
D**N
for families dealing with Schizophrenia
As a mother of a son with Schizophrenia, this is the most helpful book I have read. I live in the Netherlands and give Family to Family education and I have found the information clear, useful and easy to read. Most books deal with facts and figures and the actual diagnoses and medication. This book gives helpful tips about solving problems, communication and managing stress. It also gives a realistic view of the recovery process and helps familys head off relapses. I would also advise family members to give this book to everybody who has contact with the patient. I think its would help with lowering the stigma attached to this illness.
C**Y
Very easy to understand
Great book to use as reference. Easy for non medical people to understand. Practical, useful information. Highly recommend.
J**T
Four Stars
Interesting reference book in dealing with family member suffering from this disease.
K**T
Book
This book offered valuable guidance in dealing with a family member.
R**V
Great book
I bought this book because I have a loved one who struggles with this illness. It has given me a better understanding of of her and that helps me to help her.
A**S
Information
Lots of useful information
R**.
A must read in understanding how a love one functions with Schizophrenia.
My daughter was diagnosed with Schizoaffective Bipolar Disorder. Purchasing this book has been a blessing in helping me understand my daughter's illness. I wish I would have known sooner what I've learned from reading this book. I possibly could have better supported my daughter with the strategies I now know when she was having her psychotic episodes.
C**L
A bible for family members with a loved one with schizophrenia
An awesome book and tool for those whom have a family member with this devastating disease! I'm still reading it so far but it looks like a definite keeper! If you need to know basics about the illness, resources, and practical help with dealing with your ill loved one, this is the book!
A**R
Very Insighful
Excellent book covers all aspects of living with a loved one with Schizophrenia from if your the parents to a siblings. Very in depth and I recommend this book to anyone who knows someone struggling with Schizophrenia.
C**E
and I am sure she finds it useful.
Bought this for my friend as her nephew suffers from Schizophrenia, and I am sure she finds it useful.
L**Z
Must read
Amazing! Really well written and helpful! Highly recommend!
P**I
Good service
I was afraid about the delivery service as it's quite a large book, but I am so thankful that I was able to receive the book in good shape.
M**O
Great
This book was very helpful and informative Well written and depicts the reality to life living with a family memeber who has schizophrenia. Also helps to understand the person who suffers from it as well
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