Schizophrenia : A Brother Finds Answers in Biological Science /

Painful and often misunderstood, schizophrenia profoundly affects people who have the disease and their loved ones. Here Ronald Chase, an accomplished biologist, sets out to better understand what happened to his older brother, Jim, who developed schizophrenia as a young adult. In a fiercely loyal a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Chase, Ronald
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, [2013]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Schizophrenics > Family relationships.
Schizophrenia in adolescence.
Schizophrenia.
Neuropsychiatry.
Neuropsychiatrie.
Schizophrenes > Relations familiales > États-Unis.
Schizophrenie chez l'adolescent.
Schizophrenie.
Socioeconomic Factors
Schizophrenic Psychology
Family Relations
Schizophrenia > genetics
Schizophrenics > Family relationships > United States.
United States.
United States
Recits personnels.
Personal narratives.
Personal Narrative
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Innocence on the road to Los Angeles (1948)
  • Who gets schizophrenia and why?
  • Dining with tension (1956)
  • Which genes cause schizophrenia?
  • A consultation with Dr. Held (1957)
  • Which aspects of the environment cause schizophrenia?
  • Breakdown in Westwood Village (1958)
  • Why does schizophrenia begin in late adolescence?
  • Two state hospitals (1959-1960)
  • What are the treatment options?
  • A conversation in a park (1963)
  • Is mental illness in the mind or in the brain?
  • The villa and the ambassador (1982)
  • Why is schizophrenia stigmatized?
  • Strolling the boardwalk at Hermosa Beach (1993)
  • Just what is schizophrenia, anyway?
  • Libraries and literature (1995)
  • When did schizophrenia first appear and why doesn't it go away?
  • Jim's final days (1998-1999)
  • What happens to people with schizophrenia through the years?
  • Reflections.

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