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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Snyder Kurt
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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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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (183 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 616.89/80092 |
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| Soggetto topico: | Schizophrenics - United States |
| Schizophrenia in adolescence - United States | |
| Altri autori: |
GurRaquel E
AndrewsLinda Wasmer
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| Note generali: | "The Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands, the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania." |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 157) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 late teen or young adult years. In Me, Myself, and Them, Kurt, now an adult, looks back from the vantage point of recovery and eloquently |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Me, myself, and them |
| ISBN: | 1-281-37485-7 |
| 9786611374853 | |
| 0-19-804251-5 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910782299003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands' adolescent mental health initiative.