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"Suffering Insanity: Psychoanalytic Essays on Psychosis"
by RDD Hinshelwood

From the publisher:
This book makes an argument for considering care in the psychiatric services as a whole system that includes staff as well as patients; all need attention and understanding in order to deliver care in as humane a way as possible. All those working in the psychiatric services, in both large and small agencies and institutions, will appreciate that closer examination of the actual psychology and interrelations of staff, as well as patients, is essential and urgent.

Publisher: Taylor & Francis, Inc. and Routledge
The book was published in September 2004

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"Substance Misuse in Psychosis: Approaches to Treatment and Service Delivery"
by Hermine L. Graham (Editor), Alex Copello, Max Birchwood

From the publisher:
This book delves into the issues involved in working with those who have a severe mental health problem and use alcohol and drugs in a negative way. It adopts a practical, hands-on approach to sharing evidence-based approaches. Chapter authors interweave both theory and practice, by the use of illustrative clinical case material.

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
The book was published in January 2003

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"Mental Automatisms: A Conceptual Journey Into Psychosis"
by Paul Hriso

From the publisher:
This book is a classic of clinical psychiatry. It will become the true reference manual for psychosis. It can be equally read by physicians, clinicians and families who have had contact at one point or another with psychotic individuals.

Publisher: Hermes Whispers Press
The book was published in December 2002

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"Madness Explained: Psychosis And Human Nature"
by Richard Bentall

From the publisher:
Today most of us accept the consensus that madness is a medical condition: an illness, which can be identified, classified and treated with drugs like any other.
In this ground breaking and controversial work Richard Bentall wants to shatter the myths that he thinks surround madness. He claims there is no reassuring dividing line between mental health and mental illness. Severe mental disorders, he means, can no longer be reduced to brain chemistry, but must be understood psychologically, as part of normal behaviour and human nature.

Publisher: Penguin Global
The book was published in July 2004

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"Insight And Psychosis: Awareness of Illness in Schizophrenia and Related Disorders"
by Xavier F. Amador and Anthony S. David

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The insight a patient shares into their own psychosis is fundamental to their condition - it goes to the heart of what we understand "madness" to be. Can a person be expected to accept treatment for a condition that they deny they have? Can a person be held responsible for their actions if those actions are inspired by their own unique perceptions and beliefs - beliefs that no one else shares?

Publisher: Oxford University Press
The book was published in September 2004

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"Diagnosis: Schizophrenia: A Comprehensive Resource"
by Rachel Miller and Susan Elizabeth Mason

From the publisher at barnesandnoble.com:
The disease is not fatal but few diagnoses have the capacity to instill as much fear in the hearts of patients and families. Here is a profoundly reassuring book that shows there can be life after a diagnosis of schizophrenia. The book includes thirty-five first-person accounts, along with chapters by professionals on a wide range of issues from hospitalization to rehabilitation.

Publisher: Columbia University Press
The book was published in September 2002

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"My Punished Mind: A Memoir of Psychosis"
by David C Boyles

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This is my memoir about my (past) experiences of being psychotic; having been diagnosed schizoaffective, in April of 2001. It is a very vivid description of what I went through for several weeks being psychotic, before I was finally hospitalized. I struggled with a relapse, but I was stabilized and eventually got my life back together.

Publisher: iUniverse, Incorporated
The book was published in February 2004

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"An Ethnographic Study of Mental Health Treatment and Outcomes: Doing What Works"
by Fran Babiss

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This book documents the treatment history of three women suffering from affective and personality disorders. The book guides you through the process of conducting qualitative/ethnographic research, providing examples of data collection techniques, analysis, and interpretation. Interviews and observations provide you with a glimpse into the world of mental health treatment from each woman's perspective and offer suggestions on interventions and group activities designed to improve treatment outcomes.

Publisher: Haworth Press, Incorporated
The book was published in February 2004

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"Psychosis and Spirituality: Exploring the New Frontier"
by Isabel Clarke (Editor)

From the publisher at barnesandnoble.com:
Spirituality and psychosis both inhabit the region where ordinary reason ceases to function and barriers break down. The connection between them is evident - what is remarkable is how conventional thinking obscures the connection. This book challenges conventional understandings with a radical new perspective. The interface between psychosis and spirituality is explored, drawing on key research and the latest developments from a wide spread of disciplines.

Publisher: Whurr Publishers, Limited
The book was published in March 2001

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"The Gift of Therapy: An Open Letter to a New Generation of Therapists and Their Patients"
by Irvin Yalom

From the publisher at barnesandnoble.com:
Anyone interested in psychotherapy or personal growth will rejoice at The Gift of Therapy, a masterwork from one of the most accomplished psychological thinkers of our day. As an award-winning author of both nonfiction and fiction, and a psychiatrist in practice for 35 years, Yalom imparts his unique wisdom in this remarkable guidebook for successful therapy.

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
The book was published in January 2003

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"Beth: A Story of Postpartum Psychosis"
by Shirley Cervene Halvorson

From the author at the publisher's website:
This book contains a true story of the suffering of my own daughter during an intense five months of the worse scenario of postpartum illness. This most severe form of postpartum illness is characterized by confusion, delusions, hallucinations, paranoia, agitation and disorganized speech and behavior. All of these are illustrated in this story.

Publisher: Authorhouse
The book was published in February 2004

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"Saints and Madmen: How Pioneering Psychiatrists Are Creating a New Science of the Soul"
by Russell Shorto

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Psychiatry, once famously opposed to religion, has done an about-face. Like the legendary explorers of a century ago, some psychiatrists have set off into what they see as the last frontier: the spiritual self. In this moving and impeccably researched narrative, Russell Shorto tells remarkable stories of people suffering from what once were deemed spiritual afflictions, then came to be seen as purely medical disorders, and now are being treated as both.

Publisher: Henry Holt & Company, Inc. and Owl Books
The book was published in August 2000

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"Drama, Psychotherapy and Psychosis"
by John Casson

From the editor at www.amazon.com:
This book explores the use of drama and theatre in the challenging area of working with people who hear voices, focusing especially on survivors of abuse and those diagnosed as suffering from schizophrenia. In examining the often baffling and frightening world of psychosis the book offers alternative models of madness and the self, which form the basis for therapeutic interventions.

Publisher: Taylor & Francis, Inc.
The book was published in May 2004

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"What Really Causes Schizophrenia"
by Harold D. Foster

From the editor at www.amazon.com:
Using evidence from disciplines as diverse as history, geography, biochemistry and genetics, the author demonstrates that schizophrenia is caused by the hallucinogen adrenochrome and its derivatives. Effective treatment involves orthomolecular substances that reduce adrenochrome production or mitigate its impact.

HUBIN editor's comment:
The statements and conclusions made in this book may not necessarily be in agreement with theory's of the coworkers of the HUBIN project. There are also no scientific proof for the theories that are declared. The statements that are made should in other words be seen as hypothetical.

Publisher: Trafford Publishing
The book was published in December 2003

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"Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds"
by Charles Mackay, David J. Schneider (Introduction)

From the publisher at www.barnesandnoble.com:
Originally published in 1841, this book is a landmark study of crowd psychology and mass mania and a singular casebook of human folly throughout the ages. Chronicled here are accounts of swindles, schemes, and scams on a grand scale. Other chapters deal with fads and delusions that have sprung from ideas, beliefs, and causes that still have champions today: the prophecies of Nostradamus, the coming of comets and Judgment Day, the Rosicrucians, and astrology. The book also surveys controversial people and movements of the past.

Publisher: Barnes & Noble Books
The book was published in August 2004

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"Helping Someone with Mental Illness"
by Rosalynn W. Carter and Susan K. Golant

From the editor at www.amazon.com:
Rosalynn Carter's "Helping Someone with Mental Illness" is a powerful tool that anyone - families, social workers, doctors, consumers - can put to good use. There are other such books on the shelf, such as "Surviving Schizophrenia: A Family Manual", but Carter's is by far the best. She has managed to weave the deeply moving stories of many individuals into a cleanly organized discussion of every salient issue: diagnosis, treatment, scientific research, stigma, advocacy.

Publisher: Three Rivers Press and Times Books Random House, Incorporated
The book was published in April 1999

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"Grieving Mental Illness: A Guide for Patients and Their Caregivers"
by Virginia Lafond, Barry D. Jones (foreword)

From the publisher:
This is a self-help book for anyone who has endured the effects of mental illness, whether as sufferer, friend, family member, or caregiver. It offers detailed, jargon-free guidelines to help readers come to terms with mental illness in a positive way, while avoiding disabling emotional responses.

Publisher: University of Toronto Press
The book was published in August 2002

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"Transforming Madness: New Lives for People Living with Mental Illness"
by Jay Neugeboren

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A book for general readers and professionals alike, this book is at once a critique, a message of hope and recovery, and a call to action. Richly textured, scrupulously researched, and powerfully moving, the book is less about how the mental health system has failed than about what works.

Publisher: University of California Press
The book was published in May 2001

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"Don't Call Me Nuts: Coping with the Stigma of Mental Illness"
by Pat Corrigan and Robert Lundin

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This book addresses one of the most pressing issues in psychiatry today, indeed in the larger scope of civil rights in society - the stigma of mental illness. The authors explore all facets of the stigma which persons with mental illnesses face. The book is both a valuable resource, a history lesson, and a gaze into the future of a stigma-less community.

Publisher: Recovery Press
The book was published in May 2001

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"Psychosis: Phenomenological and Psychoanalytical Approaches"
by Jozef Corveleyn and Paul Moyaert

From Book News, Inc:
Seeing their approaches as an alternative and even corrective to neurobiological or brain-based approaches to psychosis, the editors of this book present eight papers that build on the phenomenological and psychoanalytic work of De Waelhens in the 1960s and 70s. Topics include psychosis as a protection from trauma, the role of negative experiences of the libidinous body in the pathogenesis of psychosis, and the contributions of Freud and Lacan to understanding psychosis.

Publisher: Coronet Books Inc.
The book was published in April 2003

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"Schizophrenia: Your Questions Answered"
by Trevor Turner

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A London psychiatrist concisely answers questions that health professionals and patients have about this still misunderstood mental illness. Doctor Turner includes newer community support approaches, case vignettes, a brief psychiatric rating scale, resources, and a glossary.

Publisher: Elsevier Science
The book was published in January 2004

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"A Seahorse Year: A Novel"
by Stacey D'Erasmo

From Publisher's Weekly:
D'Erasmo's quiet, penetrating novel follows a San Francisco family coping with a 16-year-old son's mental illness. Christopher's mom, Nan, is in a long-term relationship with girlfriend Marina, who's like another mom. His sperm donor dad, Hal, is gay, a dancer-turned-certified accountant. But despite the unconventional setup, his parents sometimes act with the confused stiffness of the most traditional of families.

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
The book was published in July 2004

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"Mad House: Growing up in the Shadows of Mentally Ill Siblings"
by Clea Simon

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In "Mad House" we have an account of the devastating effects of mental illness on the lives of those who share their world - the healthy siblings of those afflicted. Clea Simon was shattered when her older brother, Daniel, a freshman at Harvard, began hearing voices, making it impossible for him to function. He later committed suicide. Schizophrenia next claimed her sister, Katherine, who has moved from one institution to another after refusing any help from her family.

Publisher: Penguin
The book was published in May 1998

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"I Think I Scared Her: Growing Up with Psychosis"
by Brooke Katz

From the author at the publisher's website:
In third grade I started hearing voices, seeing people chasing me, feeling paranoid, confused, and delusional. I can’t remember before third grade, but it is likely that I have had schizoaffective disorder all my life. I was afraid to tell anyone about my issues because I was afraid that the voices would kill me. There were two main voices: the blue and the red. They sometimes just mimicked me, or made me feel guilty about being bad, but they were the most dangerous when they commanded me to kill other people or myself.

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
The book was published in May 2004

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"Drama, Psychotherapy and Psychosis: Dramatherapy and Psycholdrama with People Who Hear Voices"
by John Casson, Zerka Moreno

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This book explores the use of drama and theatre in the challenging work with people who hear voices, focusing especially on survivors of abuse and those diagnosed as suffering from schizophrenia. In examining the often baffling and frightening world of psychosis the book suggests alternative models of madness and the self, which form the basis for therapeutic interventions.

Publisher: Brunner-Routledge
The book was published in March 2004

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"The Bipolar Disorder Survival Guide"
by David Miklowitz

From the publisher:
Thanks to sharper diagnosis and better medicine, the future is brighter for people with bipolar disorder than in past generations. But if you or someone you love is struggling with the frantic highs and crushing lows of this illness, there are still many hurdles to surmount at home, at work, and in daily life. Filled with information and practical advice, this comprehensive guide offers straight talk that can help you tackle these and related questions, take charge of your illness, and reclaim your life.

Publisher: Guilford Publications, Inc.
The book was published in January 2002

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"Schizophrenia? Huh?: Stories for Children"
by Richard W. Carlson, Kevin Carlson (Illustrator)

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Are you looking for an awesome book about schizophrenia for children 9 to 12 years old? Do you know someone with schizophrenia? "Schizophrenia? Huh?: Stories for Children" is an entertaining book of three fictional stories about children and their first experiences with people with schizophrenia.

Publisher: iUniverse, Incorporated
The book was published in December 2002

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"Cognitive Therapy with Schizophrenic Patients: The Evolution of a New Treatment Approach"
by Marco C. G., Dr. Merlo (Editor), Carlo, Dr. Perris (Editor), Hans D., Prof., Bern Brenner (Editor)

From www.barnesandnoble.com:
This is an excellent, comprehensive and interesting book reviewing the literature on cognitive therapy and cognitive rehabilitation in individuals suffering from schizophrenia. Written and edited by internationally recognized experts in the field, this book is a valuable contribution to psychiatry.

Publisher: Hogrefe & Huber Publishers
The book was published in January 2002

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"Risk and Protective Factors in Schizophrenia"
by Heinz Hafner, F. Resch, J. Schroder, W. Der Heiden, James B. Stiehl (Editor)

This book summarizes the current research on risk and protective factors in schizophrenia. Topics include genetics and population-based risk factors, neurodevelopment, environmental risk factors, childhood antecedents of schizophrenia, psychopathological predictors of onset and course of illness, neuroprotection, and psychoprotection.

Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York, LLC
The book was published in June 2003

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"A History of Psychiatry: From the Era of the Asylum to the Age of Prozac"
by Edward Shorter

The history of madness is fascinating. In this book, the author, Edward Shorter, a medical historian at the University of Toronto, presents a concise chronology of mental illness and its treatment. Shorter favors a biological understanding of these disorders, concentrating on medical approaches to helping the seriously mentally ill.

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
The book was published in February 1998

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"Recovering Sanity: A Compassionate Approach to Understanding and Treating Pyschosis"
by Edward M. Podvoll

This book portrays, in a compassionate way, an examination of psychosis and similar mental illnesses. By presenting four in-depth profiles of illness and recovery, the author reveals the brilliance and chaos of the psychotic mind and demonstrates how recovery can be achieved outside of traditional institutional settings.

Publisher: Random House, Inc. and Shambhala
The book was published in November 2003

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"Schizophrenia Into Later Life"
by Carl I. Cohen

Schizophrenia is a worldwide public health problem that carries substantial personal and social burdens. This book provides an overview of the current state of knowledge about schizophrenia in later life, including the treatment, the research, and the legal aspects.

Publisher: American Psychiatric Publishing, Incorporated
The book was published in April 2003

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"Schizophrenia: Your Questions Answered"
by Trevor H. Turner

This book discusses the diagnosis, treatment, and management of schizophrenia in concise, questions/answer format. Discusses causes, symptoms, pharmacology, prognosis, and more. Of interest to physicians, nurses and other health professionals who are in direct contact with patients and their families. May also be useful for patients themselves and their friends and relatives.

Publisher: Churchill Livingstone and Elsevier Science
The book was published in January 2004

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"Schizophrenia"
by Robin Murray and Sophia Frangou

This book covers the essentials of schizophrenia and aspects of neurology that are essential to practice psychiatry. Edited and authored by clinicians, teachers, and researchers, the book is useful for trainees and practicing psychiatrists. The purpose is to provide a concise but comprehensive review of schizophrenia.

Publisher: CRC Press
The book was published in May 2000

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"Why Am I up, why Am I Down?: Understanding Bipolar Disorder"
by Roger Granet and Elizabeth Ferber

From the publisher:
Violent mood swings, suicidal feelings, unpredictable behavior. Is your life a roller coaster of highs and lows? Do your moods vacillate between profound sadness and euphoria? If so, it may be so, that you are suffering from bipolar disorder, a complex illness that involves the mood centers of the brain. This sensitive, authoritative guide explains the challenging nature of bipolar disorder and how to get the right kind of treatment to minimize or prevent future episodes of this devastating illness.

Publisher: Mass Market Paperback
The book was published in July 1999

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"Bipolar Disorder: A Guide for Patients and Families"
by Francis Mark Mondimore

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In this book for persons with bipolar disorder and their families, Dr. Frank Mondimore offers a comprehensive and compassionate guide to the symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and causes of this potentially devastating psychiatric illness, formerly known as "manic-depression." He offers practical advice for getting the most out of the various treatments that are now available - from medication, psychotherapy, and electroconvulsive treatment to new approaches such as transcranial magnetic stimulation.

Publisher: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr; 1st edition
The book was published in April 1999

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"Psychosis and Near Psychosis: Ego Function, Symbol Structure, Treatmen"
by Eric R. Marcus

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An essential handbook for therapists working with very ill patients. Based on 25 years of successful work with this group, the author presents a psychoanalytically based approach to an integrated treatment of psychosis and near psychosis, which organizes psychotherapy, medication, and hospital and milieu interventions into a powerful therapeutic tool.

Publisher: International Universities Press, Incorporated
The book was published in October 2003

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"Why Does Schizophrenia Develop at Late Adolescence?: A Cognitive-Developmental Appraoch to Psychosis"
by Chris Harrop, Peter Trower

From the editor at www.amazon.com:
In this groundbreaking and innovative book, Chris Harrop and Peter Trower outline a whole new way of understanding schizophrenia. Controversially, they argue that symptoms seen as psychosis can be linked to the typical psychological development of adolescence and, in particular, to problems constructing an independent, adult self.

Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
The book was published in October 2003

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"100 Questions Psychiatry Should Face"
by Avery Z. Conner

The author provides a list of one hundred pressing questions facing the field of psychiatry. If these questions are answered, treatment of mental illness can improve substantially. The subjects addressed in the book include: neurotransmitters, depression and mania, other mental illnesses and addictions, personality, mechanisms of existing drugs, and the need of new drugs.

Publisher: iUniverse, Incorporated
The book was published in Decemeber 2002

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"When Self-Consciousness Breaks: Alien Voices and Inserted Thoughts"
by G. Lynn Stephens and George Graham

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In this book, G. Lynn Stephens and George Graham examine verbal hallucinations thought insertion (the type of delusion where the patients think somebody has implanted thoughts into their heads) as examples of what they call "alienated self-consciousness". In such cases, a subject is directly or introspectively aware of an episode in her mental life but experiences it as alien.

Publisher: MIT Press
The book was published in January 2003

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"Schizophrenia - a Medical Dictionary, Bibliography, and Annotated Research Guide to Internet References"
Manufactured by Health Publica Icon Health Publications

The number of web sites offering health-related resources grows every day. Many sites contain valuable information, while others may have information that is unreliable or misleading. This book contains a medical dictionary, a bibliography, and a guide with useful Internet references. Created for medical professionals, students, and members of the general public who want to conduct medical research using the most advanced tools available and spending the least amount of time doing so.

Publisher: ICON Health Publications
The book was published in November 2003

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"Journey Not Chosen... Destination Not Know: Living with Bipolar"
by Mary Worthen

A book about living with and battling bipolar disorder. Inspires empathy in the reader, according to reviewers. Very well worth reading, both if you suffer from bipolar disorder or someone you know does. A wonderful resource for families and those afflicted by bipolar disorder.

Publisher: August House Publishers, Inc.
The book was published in June 2001

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"If Your Child is Bipolar: The Parent -to-Parent Guide to Living with and Loving a Biopolar Child"
by Cindy Singer and Sheryl Gurrentz

From book description at amazon.com:
This very practical and supportive guide empowers parents in their struggle with a bipolar child. The authors' own family experiences, stories from hundreds of other parents of bipolar children, and input from a wide range of mental health professionals provide parents with specific information to deal with the many everyday but incredibly challenging issues that concern the entire family.

Publisher: Perspective Publishing
The book was published in August 2003

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"Dante's Cure: A Journey out of Madness"
by Daniel Dorman

The author was a resident in psychiatry when he first met Catherine Penney, an anorexic, schizophrenic 19-year-old who heard voices telling her to kill herself. He managed to persuade the hospital to keep her in its psychiatric ward until he finished his residency and opened his own practice three years later, at which time Catherine entered a private mental hospital and he continued as her therapist.

Publisher: Other Press, LLC
The book was published in April 2004

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"Marijuana and Madness: Psychiatry and Neurobiology"
by David Castle (Editor), Robin Murray (Editor)

From the editor at amazon.com:
This book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the psychiatry and neuroscience of Cannabis sativa (marijuana), with particular emphasis on psychotic disorders. It outlines the very latest developments in our understanding of the human cannabinoid system, and links this knowledge to clinical and epidemiological facts about the impact of cannabis on mental health.

Publisher: Cambridge University Press
The book was published in April 2004

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"Beyond Reason: Art and Psychosis Works From the Prinzhorn Collection"
by Laurent Busine, Inge Jadi, Bettina Brand-Claussen, Caroline Douglas

This book contains pictures of 200 art works of the mentally ill, which were all exhibited at the Hayward Gallery in London in 1998. The art works were a selection of more than 5000 works by patients in European mental hospitals, which had been collected from 1918 to 1921, by Hans Prinzhorn, who was versed in both art history and psychiatry. The works are represented along with three essays providing a history and context for the collection.

Publisher: University of California Press
The book was published in September 1998

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"Memoirs of My Nervous Illness"
by Daniel Paul Schreber, Ida MacAlpine (Translator), Richard A. Hunter (Translator), Rosemary Dinnage (Introduction)

In 1884, German jurist Daniel Paul Schreber suffered the first of a series of mental collapses that would afflict him for the rest of his life. Memoirs of My Nervous Illness was composed while Schreber was confined to a psychiatric hospital, and has since then has fascinated and haunted its many readers, including Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, Elias Canetti, and Gilles Deleuze.

Publisher: The New York Review of Books, Inc.
The book was published in January 2000

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"Schizophrenia, Culture, and Subjectivity: The Edge of Experience"
by Janis Hunter Jenkins, Robert J. Barrett (Editor), Janis H. Jenkins (Editor)

From the publisher at barnesandnoble.com:
This volume brings together a number of the foremost scholars - anthropologists, psychiatrists, psychologists, and historians - currently studying schizophrenia, its subjective dimensions, and the cultural processes through which these are experienced. Based on research undertaken in Australia, Bangladesh, Borneo, Canada, Colombia, India, Indonesia, Nigeria, the United States, and Zanzibar, it also incorporates a critical analysis of World Health Organization cross-cultural findings.

Publisher: Cambridge University Press
The book was published in November 2003

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"Family Involvement in Treating Schizophrenia: Models, Essential Skills, and Process"
by James A Marley

From the editor at amazon.com:
This book examines the practical application of family therapy when working with families coping with schizophrenia. The book addresses the importance of family involvement, the different types of intervention models that best serve the family, the founding principles behind the major intervention models, how to design and implement the right model, and how family issues impact service delivery. It also includes recommendations for additional reading and listings of related Internet resources.

Publisher: Haworth Clinical Practice Press
The book was published in November 2003

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"Vingklippt Ängel "
by Berny Pålsson

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In this book we get to follow a young girl's life in different wards and hospitals, with vague and varying diagnoses of mental illness. "Vingklippt Ängel" leaves nobody unaffected. With a beautiful and self-willed language, Berny Pålsson ruthlessly and nakedly talks about alienation, addiction, the power of the blood, and how it is to live in a dark fairy tale.

Publisher: Forum
The book was published in June 2004
ISBN 9137123912

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