UID:
almafu_9959242830402883
Format:
1 online resource (183 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-281-37485-7
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9786611374853
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0-19-804251-5
Series Statement:
The Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands' adolescent mental health initiative
Content:
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
Note:
"The Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands, the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania."
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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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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-19-531123-X
Language:
English
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