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Snyder Kurt |
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Titolo |
Me, myself, and them [[electronic resource] ] : a firsthand account of one young person's experience with schizophrenia / / Kurt Snyder ; with Raquel E. Gur and Linda Wasmer Andrews |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-37485-7 |
9786611374853 |
0-19-804251-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (183 p.) |
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Collana |
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The Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands' adolescent mental health initiative |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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GurRaquel E |
AndrewsLinda Wasmer |
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Soggetti |
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Schizophrenics - United States |
Schizophrenia in adolescence - United States |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"The Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands, the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania." |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 157) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Foreword; Preface; One: A Fragmented Mind: Overview of Schizophrenia; Two: First Encounters With Them: Symptoms and Paranoia; Three: In the Grip of Them: Losing Touch With Reality; Four: Naming and Facing the Enemy: Diagnosis and Treatment; Five: Beating the Enemy: Recovery from Schizophrenia; Six: Putting the Pieces Back Together: My Life Today; Frequently Asked Questions; Glossary; Resources; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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During his second semester at college, Kurt Snyder became convinced that he was about to discover a fabulously important mathematical principle, spending hours lost in daydreams about numbers and symbols. In time, his thoughts took a darker turn, and he became preoccupied with the idea that cars were following him, or that strangers wanted to harm him. Kurt's mind had been hijacked by schizophrenia, a severe mental disorder that typically strikes during the |
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