Overview: From Aaron T. Beck and colleagues, this is the definitive work on the cognitive model of schizophrenia and its treatment. The volume integrates cognitive-behavioral and biological knowledge into a comprehensive conceptual framework. It examines the origins, development, and maintenance of key symptom areas: delusions, hallucinations, negative symptoms, and formal thought disorder. Treatment chapters then offer concrete guidance for addressing...

"Based on a wildly popular Atlantic article: an astonishing investigation into the world of microbes, and the myriad ways they control how other creatures -- including humans -- act, feel, and think As we are now discovering, parasites -- microbes that cannot thrive and reproduce without another organism as a host -- are shockingly sophisticated and extraordinarily powerful. In fact, a plethora of parasites affect our behavior in ways we have barely...

"In ten seconds, 16-year-old Priya watched her first love Dimitri get fatally wounded. Yet, while Dmitri's life slipped through her fingers, she was the one hospitalized. Why? Because Priya has schizophrenia. And Dmitri never existed."--Page [4] of cover.

Beautiful orphan Edith Adelton came to the United States as a child to be a companion and tutor to the Hamilton family's young daughter Amy. Though Edith's parentage is a mystery, she has found great happiness with the Hamiltons. When the family's cousin Ida comes to visit, Mrs. Hamilton enlists Edith in a matchmaking plan involving two suitors for Ida. But both men fall for the lovely Edith. As Ida sees her chances fade, she schemes to discredit...

Témoignage. Le parcours d'un homme, la trentaine, percuté par une maladie complexe et inconnue : la schizophrénie. À travers deux crises et un voyage initiatique qui le mènera du cœur de la France à l'Egypte, on retrouve un personnage complexe, à fleur de peau, en quête d'identité, de spiritualité et de rencontres humaines. Un témoignage unique et rare d'un usager de la psychiatrie diagnostiqué «schizophrène affectif paranoïaque avec...

As the research continues to accumulate, we find that the mainstream understanding of schizophrenia and the other related psychotic disorders has lost virtually all credibility. We've learned that full recovery is not only possible, but may actually be the most common outcome given the right conditions. Furthermore, Dr. Paris Williams' own groundbreaking research, as mentioned in the New York Times, has shown that recovery often entails a profound...

Family drama about a daughter who suffers from schizophrenia and grows worse after a traumatic attack. Meethi believes she is married to the fiance who deserted her, has five children and lives at 15 Park Avenue, when in fact she lives at home with her mother and older sister.

David Haller is a troubled young man diagnosed as schizophrenic, but after a strange encounter, he discovers special powers that will change his life forever.

Award-winning filmmaker Sandra Luckow unflinchingly turns her camera on her own family as they attempt to navigate the broken mental health system in an effort to save their brother, whose iPhone video diary ultimately becomes an unfiltered look at the mind of a man with untreated schizophrenia as well as an indictment of how the system failed. Winner of the Special Jury Award at the **Richmond International Film Festival**. "*That Way Madness Lies...