This fully revised second edition of Schizophrenia: 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.
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- Expanded edition includes new topics such as cannabis smoking and schizophrenia.
- Discusses psychoanalytic approaches to psychosis and their extension into the spiritual domain.
- Addresses the use of cognitive behaviour therapy in the treatment of profound existential distress.
- Explores how experiences on the edge of madness can be relevant to understanding reality.
- Encourages hope, confidence, and increased self-esteem in schizophrenia sufferers.
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In this expanded edition, Peter Chadwick, a previous sufferer, builds on his earlier edition and introduces new topics. Schizophrenia: The Positive Perspective raises new questions about how schizophrenia should be evaluated and is important reading for anyone working with schizophrenic people, including psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, and other mental health professionals.
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