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Schizophrenia: Understanding Schizophrenia, and how it can be managed, treated, and improved
SCHIZOPHRENIA This book covers the topic of Schizophrenia, and will explain exactly what Schizophrenia is, how it's diagnosed, and how it can be treated and managed. Inside, you will learn about the different signs and symptoms of Schizophrenia, how it's diagnosed, and how it can be treated.
Whether you personally suffer from Schizophrenia, or if a loved one does, it can be a difficult thing to live with. This book aims to educate you on Schizophrenia and provide you with a range of practical strategies for coping with the associated symptoms and issues that you are sure to encounter.
Here Is A Preview Of What You'll Learn About Inside...
Whether you personally suffer from Schizophrenia, or if a loved one does, it can be a difficult thing to live with. This book aims to educate you on Schizophrenia and provide you with a range of practical strategies for coping with the associated symptoms and issues that you are sure to encounter.
Here Is A Preview Of What You'll Learn About Inside...
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74 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 7, 2019
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February 27, 2019
This book is brief. It doesn't even make the 100-page mark, it comes in 25 fewer pages. Since it is so small I will break it down by each of the ten chapters.
Chapter 1
An extremely brief history of schizophrenia as in how it became to be known as schizophrenia. In this, not even full page description covers the major's players who observed individuals with the condition to the break down of the Latin origin of the word we now know the condition as. It is so brief that it doesn't give much distinction of how the disorder has changed over time.
Chapter 2
A look at to say the schizophrenia is a psychotic disorder and is different from psychotic disorders. I thought this could be summed up in the first chapter to give a better example of how the professionals who categorized this disorder.
Chapter 3
This chapter covers the DSM. What and how the categories have changed over time starting from the 1st DSM to the 5th. An issue I had with it is that it should have just discussed what category schizophrenia was placed in and explain why. Listing all the groupings of mental disorders for the 1st two DSM is more confusing than helpful. Also, the DSM 5 has the number 5 in the title not the Roman numeral version of the number that has been in past I-IV DSMs. In this chapter the book list the 2013 DSM as "DSM V" not as it should be 'DSM 5'.
Chapter 4
Different potential causes of schizophrenia including (risks) biological and (triggers) nurture. This includes old theories such as schizogenic mothers. Does include the diathesis-stress model. Interesting insight but would have worked, at least with the outdated theories to be placed in the history aspect of the disorder.
Chapter 5
How an episode stages, phases, play out. Good but without the criteria first.
Chapter 6
The symptoms and actual DSM 5 criteria. I think there is an error in this book when it comes to it. I have read the DSM 5 criteria in two different current abnormal psychology textbooks. Neither says anything about it must be active before 45 years of age. And I think there was an omission of the word 'not' because if one is experiencing a mood episode with schizophrenia it becomes schizoaffective. That is a mood disorder and schizophrenia combined. The book says, "Criteria D The individual must have manifested a full manic or depressive syndrome as defined by Criteria A and B of a major manic or depressive episode." Again this would have been schizoaffective disorder diagnoses, not schizophrenia since schizophrenia does not involve mood episodes. Kinda big error in this book. It does take considerations when making a diagnosis, something I don't read in as often in books with schizophrenia so that is a plus.
Chapter 7
Medication and therapies. I think the book should have decided to resize these pages so it wouldn't have taken so much room. Also, it should have named both the name brand and generic because it is beneficial since some have heard only one version or another. For example, I know that Haloperidol is also known by its brand name as Haldol because I have been on it. For me having both have been helpful when I have been exploring my treatments.
Chapter 8
Comorbidities. List of commonly seen co-occurring mental illnesses and the DSM 5 criteria.
Chapter 9
Being someone with schizophrenia. It comes to accepting your diagnoses as well as being proactive in managing your illness. Wish there was more too it.
Chapter 10
For the caregiver. How they can help and take care of themselves as well as the person with schizophrenia. Always good cause people with loved ones with schizophrenia do read books about schizophrenia.
Overall, what I hoped for this book did not happen.
Chapter 1
An extremely brief history of schizophrenia as in how it became to be known as schizophrenia. In this, not even full page description covers the major's players who observed individuals with the condition to the break down of the Latin origin of the word we now know the condition as. It is so brief that it doesn't give much distinction of how the disorder has changed over time.
Chapter 2
A look at to say the schizophrenia is a psychotic disorder and is different from psychotic disorders. I thought this could be summed up in the first chapter to give a better example of how the professionals who categorized this disorder.
Chapter 3
This chapter covers the DSM. What and how the categories have changed over time starting from the 1st DSM to the 5th. An issue I had with it is that it should have just discussed what category schizophrenia was placed in and explain why. Listing all the groupings of mental disorders for the 1st two DSM is more confusing than helpful. Also, the DSM 5 has the number 5 in the title not the Roman numeral version of the number that has been in past I-IV DSMs. In this chapter the book list the 2013 DSM as "DSM V" not as it should be 'DSM 5'.
Chapter 4
Different potential causes of schizophrenia including (risks) biological and (triggers) nurture. This includes old theories such as schizogenic mothers. Does include the diathesis-stress model. Interesting insight but would have worked, at least with the outdated theories to be placed in the history aspect of the disorder.
Chapter 5
How an episode stages, phases, play out. Good but without the criteria first.
Chapter 6
The symptoms and actual DSM 5 criteria. I think there is an error in this book when it comes to it. I have read the DSM 5 criteria in two different current abnormal psychology textbooks. Neither says anything about it must be active before 45 years of age. And I think there was an omission of the word 'not' because if one is experiencing a mood episode with schizophrenia it becomes schizoaffective. That is a mood disorder and schizophrenia combined. The book says, "Criteria D The individual must have manifested a full manic or depressive syndrome as defined by Criteria A and B of a major manic or depressive episode." Again this would have been schizoaffective disorder diagnoses, not schizophrenia since schizophrenia does not involve mood episodes. Kinda big error in this book. It does take considerations when making a diagnosis, something I don't read in as often in books with schizophrenia so that is a plus.
Chapter 7
Medication and therapies. I think the book should have decided to resize these pages so it wouldn't have taken so much room. Also, it should have named both the name brand and generic because it is beneficial since some have heard only one version or another. For example, I know that Haloperidol is also known by its brand name as Haldol because I have been on it. For me having both have been helpful when I have been exploring my treatments.
Chapter 8
Comorbidities. List of commonly seen co-occurring mental illnesses and the DSM 5 criteria.
Chapter 9
Being someone with schizophrenia. It comes to accepting your diagnoses as well as being proactive in managing your illness. Wish there was more too it.
Chapter 10
For the caregiver. How they can help and take care of themselves as well as the person with schizophrenia. Always good cause people with loved ones with schizophrenia do read books about schizophrenia.
Overall, what I hoped for this book did not happen.
August 5, 2019
All in the Family
Book was very informative, direct, and to the point. I was discharged from military service late seventies as borderline 40 years later my youngest son showed nearly all the signs. We have been dealing with this for a year n a half. No doubt this book will help families Ross. You can be an overcomer! On both sides of our family we have had this diagnosis. Two fronts to fight. The perfect storm.
Book was very informative, direct, and to the point. I was discharged from military service late seventies as borderline 40 years later my youngest son showed nearly all the signs. We have been dealing with this for a year n a half. No doubt this book will help families Ross. You can be an overcomer! On both sides of our family we have had this diagnosis. Two fronts to fight. The perfect storm.
August 22, 2021
Great read
Very informative and easy to understand. Explanation and how to deal with the condition was good. I recommend this book
Very informative and easy to understand. Explanation and how to deal with the condition was good. I recommend this book
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