Author: Jeannie Choi
Publisher: Fulton Books, Inc.
ISBN: 1638609268
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
In the Hawaiian Islands, on the island of Oahu, unbeknownst to a middle-aged woman named Jeannie, she found herself trafficked one night and drawn to the man who would continue to pick her up as she roamed the streets of Honolulu, wondering where she would sleep for the night. During the two months of several experiences and dropping in at her counselor's and receiving an injection for her schizoaffective disorder, she finally found an avenue to stop her mindless decisions. To have a boyfriend. He seemed different than the others to her. Therefore, she attempted to commit to him in living together, and this is where she wrote about her tolerances in loving him or trying to. She as well came up with poetry to describe more of what it was like to stay with him. She believed he would "save" her life for the initial encounter in stepping up to him, although he was a stranger at first. This is her true story. 2
Schizo In Love
Author: Jeannie Choi
Publisher: Fulton Books, Inc.
ISBN: 1638609268
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
In the Hawaiian Islands, on the island of Oahu, unbeknownst to a middle-aged woman named Jeannie, she found herself trafficked one night and drawn to the man who would continue to pick her up as she roamed the streets of Honolulu, wondering where she would sleep for the night. During the two months of several experiences and dropping in at her counselor's and receiving an injection for her schizoaffective disorder, she finally found an avenue to stop her mindless decisions. To have a boyfriend. He seemed different than the others to her. Therefore, she attempted to commit to him in living together, and this is where she wrote about her tolerances in loving him or trying to. She as well came up with poetry to describe more of what it was like to stay with him. She believed he would "save" her life for the initial encounter in stepping up to him, although he was a stranger at first. This is her true story. 2
Publisher: Fulton Books, Inc.
ISBN: 1638609268
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
In the Hawaiian Islands, on the island of Oahu, unbeknownst to a middle-aged woman named Jeannie, she found herself trafficked one night and drawn to the man who would continue to pick her up as she roamed the streets of Honolulu, wondering where she would sleep for the night. During the two months of several experiences and dropping in at her counselor's and receiving an injection for her schizoaffective disorder, she finally found an avenue to stop her mindless decisions. To have a boyfriend. He seemed different than the others to her. Therefore, she attempted to commit to him in living together, and this is where she wrote about her tolerances in loving him or trying to. She as well came up with poetry to describe more of what it was like to stay with him. She believed he would "save" her life for the initial encounter in stepping up to him, although he was a stranger at first. This is her true story. 2
Schizo
Author: Nic Sheff
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0698171438
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 179
Book Description
The fascinating, shocking, and ultimately quite hopeful story of one teen’s downward spiral into mental illness by the bestselling author of Tweak. Miles’s little brother Teddy is missing. The police believe he drowned at the beach—the very same day Miles had his first schizophrenic episode. But Miles knows better—Teddy is alive. Kidnapped. There was even a witness! Fueled by guilt, Miles sets off to rescue Teddy. There is so much to overcome, though. The endless pills he must take. The girl who steals his heart and plays with it. The black crows that follow him. As seen through Miles’s distorted perception, his world closes around him as he pushes to keep it open. What you think you know about his world is actually a blur of gray, though, and the sharp focus of reality proves startling. The New York Times bestselling author of Tweak, son of David Sheff (author of Beautiful Boy, the memoir adapted into a movie of the same name starring Steve Carell and Timothée Chalamet), Nic Sheff offers a fascinating and ultimately quite hopeful story of one teen’s downward spiral into mental illness. Praise for SCHIZO: Included in CNN.com's roundup of "new titles to feed your YA addiction" “Readers fascinated by the dark side of the human mind in realistic fiction will enjoy this deft portrayal of a brain and a life spiraling out of control. Miles is an endearing character whose difficult journey will generate compassion and hope.” –School Library Journal “[T]he crafting of the plot and the convergence of the different storylines keeps pages turning. Schizo is a thrilling read for teens.” –VOYA "[A}n insightful perspective on one teen’s struggle with mental illness." —Publishers Weekly "Miles's clipped first-person narration is immediate and intimate." —Horn Book "[A] heartbreaking story, but particularly important in the climate around mental illness today." –Bustle.com
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0698171438
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 179
Book Description
The fascinating, shocking, and ultimately quite hopeful story of one teen’s downward spiral into mental illness by the bestselling author of Tweak. Miles’s little brother Teddy is missing. The police believe he drowned at the beach—the very same day Miles had his first schizophrenic episode. But Miles knows better—Teddy is alive. Kidnapped. There was even a witness! Fueled by guilt, Miles sets off to rescue Teddy. There is so much to overcome, though. The endless pills he must take. The girl who steals his heart and plays with it. The black crows that follow him. As seen through Miles’s distorted perception, his world closes around him as he pushes to keep it open. What you think you know about his world is actually a blur of gray, though, and the sharp focus of reality proves startling. The New York Times bestselling author of Tweak, son of David Sheff (author of Beautiful Boy, the memoir adapted into a movie of the same name starring Steve Carell and Timothée Chalamet), Nic Sheff offers a fascinating and ultimately quite hopeful story of one teen’s downward spiral into mental illness. Praise for SCHIZO: Included in CNN.com's roundup of "new titles to feed your YA addiction" “Readers fascinated by the dark side of the human mind in realistic fiction will enjoy this deft portrayal of a brain and a life spiraling out of control. Miles is an endearing character whose difficult journey will generate compassion and hope.” –School Library Journal “[T]he crafting of the plot and the convergence of the different storylines keeps pages turning. Schizo is a thrilling read for teens.” –VOYA "[A}n insightful perspective on one teen’s struggle with mental illness." —Publishers Weekly "Miles's clipped first-person narration is immediate and intimate." —Horn Book "[A] heartbreaking story, but particularly important in the climate around mental illness today." –Bustle.com
Hidden Valley Road
Author: Robert Kolker
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0385543778
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 427
Book Description
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • ONE OF GQ's TOP 50 BOOKS OF LITERARY JOURNALISM IN THE 21st CENTURY • The heartrending story of a midcentury American family with twelve children, six of them diagnosed with schizophrenia, that became science's great hope in the quest to understand the disease. "Reads like a medical detective journey and sheds light on a topic so many of us face: mental illness." —Oprah Winfrey Don and Mimi Galvin seemed to be living the American dream. After World War II, Don's work with the Air Force brought them to Colorado, where their twelve children perfectly spanned the baby boom: the oldest born in 1945, the youngest in 1965. In those years, there was an established script for a family like the Galvins--aspiration, hard work, upward mobility, domestic harmony--and they worked hard to play their parts. But behind the scenes was a different story: psychological breakdown, sudden shocking violence, hidden abuse. By the mid-1970s, six of the ten Galvin boys, one after another, were diagnosed as schizophrenic. How could all this happen to one family? What took place inside the house on Hidden Valley Road was so extraordinary that the Galvins became one of the first families to be studied by the National Institute of Mental Health. Their story offers a shadow history of the science of schizophrenia, from the era of institutionalization, lobotomy, and the schizophrenogenic mother to the search for genetic markers for the disease, always amid profound disagreements about the nature of the illness itself. And unbeknownst to the Galvins, samples of their DNA informed decades of genetic research that continues today, offering paths to treatment, prediction, and even eradication of the disease for future generations. With clarity and compassion, bestselling and award-winning author Robert Kolker uncovers one family's unforgettable legacy of suffering, love, and hope.
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0385543778
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 427
Book Description
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • ONE OF GQ's TOP 50 BOOKS OF LITERARY JOURNALISM IN THE 21st CENTURY • The heartrending story of a midcentury American family with twelve children, six of them diagnosed with schizophrenia, that became science's great hope in the quest to understand the disease. "Reads like a medical detective journey and sheds light on a topic so many of us face: mental illness." —Oprah Winfrey Don and Mimi Galvin seemed to be living the American dream. After World War II, Don's work with the Air Force brought them to Colorado, where their twelve children perfectly spanned the baby boom: the oldest born in 1945, the youngest in 1965. In those years, there was an established script for a family like the Galvins--aspiration, hard work, upward mobility, domestic harmony--and they worked hard to play their parts. But behind the scenes was a different story: psychological breakdown, sudden shocking violence, hidden abuse. By the mid-1970s, six of the ten Galvin boys, one after another, were diagnosed as schizophrenic. How could all this happen to one family? What took place inside the house on Hidden Valley Road was so extraordinary that the Galvins became one of the first families to be studied by the National Institute of Mental Health. Their story offers a shadow history of the science of schizophrenia, from the era of institutionalization, lobotomy, and the schizophrenogenic mother to the search for genetic markers for the disease, always amid profound disagreements about the nature of the illness itself. And unbeknownst to the Galvins, samples of their DNA informed decades of genetic research that continues today, offering paths to treatment, prediction, and even eradication of the disease for future generations. With clarity and compassion, bestselling and award-winning author Robert Kolker uncovers one family's unforgettable legacy of suffering, love, and hope.
Diary of a Schizo Bitch
Author: Lily Bennett
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1532021240
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
When I was 15, my house caught on fire. Ever since then I have experienced auditory hallucinations. This is my chance to rant, cry, laugh, and prove to the world that schizos can be successful. This is my chance to show that people with mental illnesses can do well. This story shows my ups, my downs, and random things that people will probably either laugh or cry out of embarrassment. But I know you should read it if you ever had someone struggle with a mental illness, or if you yourself ever have. This is my memoir. People ask me, Hey, arent you a bit young to write that? And they arent wrong. But if I can help even one person, well that will be worth it. -Your Favorite Schizo
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1532021240
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
When I was 15, my house caught on fire. Ever since then I have experienced auditory hallucinations. This is my chance to rant, cry, laugh, and prove to the world that schizos can be successful. This is my chance to show that people with mental illnesses can do well. This story shows my ups, my downs, and random things that people will probably either laugh or cry out of embarrassment. But I know you should read it if you ever had someone struggle with a mental illness, or if you yourself ever have. This is my memoir. People ask me, Hey, arent you a bit young to write that? And they arent wrong. But if I can help even one person, well that will be worth it. -Your Favorite Schizo
Living with Schizophrenia
Author: Jeffrey Rado
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN: 1421421437
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 141
Book Description
A concise, up-to-date consumer guide for people who have schizophrenia and their families. An estimated 51 million people worldwide have schizophrenia, 2.2 million of them in the United States. While early diagnosis and appropriate treatment improve the long-term prognosis, schizophrenia is a disease that is difficult to manage. In Living with Schizophrenia, Drs. Jeffrey Rado and Philip G. Janicak, specialists in treating people who have schizophrenia, offer an easy-to-read primer for people with the disorder, along with their families and other caregivers. Drawing on their combined sixty years of clinical and research experience, Drs. Rado and Janicak define schizophrenia and explain what is known about its causes discuss the difference between negative symptoms (such as lack of emotion and social withdrawal) and positive symptoms (such as hallucinations, delusions, and thought disorders) describe medication and psychosocial and behavioral treatments—and the importance of early diagnosis and treatment for better long-term outcomes explain what people with schizophrenia and their families can do to help keep the person well explore how schizophrenia affects the entire family detail medical conditions that people with schizophrenia are more likely than other people to have—including heart disease, obesity, and diabetes offer key takeaway points for every topic Designed for the lay reader and based on the most recent medical literature, Living with Schizophrenia offers information and understanding to help people coping with this often misunderstood disorder to best achieve recovery and healing.
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN: 1421421437
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 141
Book Description
A concise, up-to-date consumer guide for people who have schizophrenia and their families. An estimated 51 million people worldwide have schizophrenia, 2.2 million of them in the United States. While early diagnosis and appropriate treatment improve the long-term prognosis, schizophrenia is a disease that is difficult to manage. In Living with Schizophrenia, Drs. Jeffrey Rado and Philip G. Janicak, specialists in treating people who have schizophrenia, offer an easy-to-read primer for people with the disorder, along with their families and other caregivers. Drawing on their combined sixty years of clinical and research experience, Drs. Rado and Janicak define schizophrenia and explain what is known about its causes discuss the difference between negative symptoms (such as lack of emotion and social withdrawal) and positive symptoms (such as hallucinations, delusions, and thought disorders) describe medication and psychosocial and behavioral treatments—and the importance of early diagnosis and treatment for better long-term outcomes explain what people with schizophrenia and their families can do to help keep the person well explore how schizophrenia affects the entire family detail medical conditions that people with schizophrenia are more likely than other people to have—including heart disease, obesity, and diabetes offer key takeaway points for every topic Designed for the lay reader and based on the most recent medical literature, Living with Schizophrenia offers information and understanding to help people coping with this often misunderstood disorder to best achieve recovery and healing.
Lil' Broken Star
Author: Rachel Star Withers
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781537023458
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Lil' Broken Star Understanding Schizophrenia for Kids Rachel Star talks with lil' star about schizophrenia and how to deal with hallucinations and delusions. Created by diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic Rachel Star Withers who grew up seeing hallucinations of monsters constantly.
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781537023458
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Lil' Broken Star Understanding Schizophrenia for Kids Rachel Star talks with lil' star about schizophrenia and how to deal with hallucinations and delusions. Created by diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic Rachel Star Withers who grew up seeing hallucinations of monsters constantly.
Schizo
Author: Kim Firmston
Publisher: James Lorimer & Company
ISBN: 155277872X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 155
Book Description
A teenage boy struggles to keep his family together, while his mother's schizophrenia tears them apart.
Publisher: James Lorimer & Company
ISBN: 155277872X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 155
Book Description
A teenage boy struggles to keep his family together, while his mother's schizophrenia tears them apart.
Everything Is Fine
Author: Vince Granata
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1982133457
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Granata was a thousand miles from home when he received shocking news that his younger brother, Tim, propelled by unchecked schizophrenia, had killed their mother in their childhood home. Devastated by the grief of losing his mother, Granata was also consumed by the act itself, so incomprehensible that it overshadows every happy memory of life growing up in a seemingly idyllic middle-class family. He decides to examine the disease that irrecoverably changed his family's destiny and piece together his brother's story. In the painstaking process of recovering the image of his remarkable mother and salvaging the love for his brother as Tim faces trial for their mother's murder, Granata provides a powerful and reaffirming portrait of loss and forgiveness. -- adapted from jacket
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1982133457
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Granata was a thousand miles from home when he received shocking news that his younger brother, Tim, propelled by unchecked schizophrenia, had killed their mother in their childhood home. Devastated by the grief of losing his mother, Granata was also consumed by the act itself, so incomprehensible that it overshadows every happy memory of life growing up in a seemingly idyllic middle-class family. He decides to examine the disease that irrecoverably changed his family's destiny and piece together his brother's story. In the painstaking process of recovering the image of his remarkable mother and salvaging the love for his brother as Tim faces trial for their mother's murder, Granata provides a powerful and reaffirming portrait of loss and forgiveness. -- adapted from jacket
We Met in December
Author: Rosie Curtis
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0008353549
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Prepare to fall head over heels. The perfect book for fans of Josie Silver, This Time Next Year, and anyone who ever fell in love with the wrong person... ‘Gorgeously festive and romantic’ Rosie Walsh, bestselling author of The Man Who Didn’t Call
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0008353549
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Prepare to fall head over heels. The perfect book for fans of Josie Silver, This Time Next Year, and anyone who ever fell in love with the wrong person... ‘Gorgeously festive and romantic’ Rosie Walsh, bestselling author of The Man Who Didn’t Call
Ben Behind His Voices
Author: Randye Kaye
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN: 1442210915
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
When readers first meet Ben, he is a sweet, intelligent, seemingly well-adjusted youngster. Fast forward to his teenage years, though, and Ben's life has spun out of control. Ben is swept along by an illness over which he has no control—one that results in runaway episodes, periods of homelessness, seven psychotic breaks, seven hospitalizations, and finally a diagnosis and treatment plan that begins to work. Schizophrenia strikes an estimated one in a hundred people worldwide by some estimates, and yet understanding of the illness is lacking. Through Ben's experiences, and those of his mother and sister, who supported Ben through every stage of his illness and treatment, readers gain a better understanding of schizophrenia, as well as mental illness in general, and the way it affects individuals and families. Here, Kaye encourages families to stay together and find strength while accepting the reality of a loved one's illness; she illustrates, through her experiences as Ben's mother, the delicate balance between letting go and staying involved. She honors the courage of anyone who suffers with mental illness and is trying to improve his life and participate in his own recovery. Ben Behind His Voices also reminds professionals in the psychiatric field that every patient who comes through their doors has a life, one that he has lost through no fault of his own. It shows what goes right when professionals treat the family as part of the recovery process and help them find support, education, and acceptance. And it reminds readers that those who suffer from mental illness, and their families, deserve respect, concern, and dignity.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN: 1442210915
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
When readers first meet Ben, he is a sweet, intelligent, seemingly well-adjusted youngster. Fast forward to his teenage years, though, and Ben's life has spun out of control. Ben is swept along by an illness over which he has no control—one that results in runaway episodes, periods of homelessness, seven psychotic breaks, seven hospitalizations, and finally a diagnosis and treatment plan that begins to work. Schizophrenia strikes an estimated one in a hundred people worldwide by some estimates, and yet understanding of the illness is lacking. Through Ben's experiences, and those of his mother and sister, who supported Ben through every stage of his illness and treatment, readers gain a better understanding of schizophrenia, as well as mental illness in general, and the way it affects individuals and families. Here, Kaye encourages families to stay together and find strength while accepting the reality of a loved one's illness; she illustrates, through her experiences as Ben's mother, the delicate balance between letting go and staying involved. She honors the courage of anyone who suffers with mental illness and is trying to improve his life and participate in his own recovery. Ben Behind His Voices also reminds professionals in the psychiatric field that every patient who comes through their doors has a life, one that he has lost through no fault of his own. It shows what goes right when professionals treat the family as part of the recovery process and help them find support, education, and acceptance. And it reminds readers that those who suffer from mental illness, and their families, deserve respect, concern, and dignity.