The Fog of Paranoia
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-4422-2063-8 (ISBN)
This is the story of one sister’s fight to convince her family that her brother needed help, that initial efforts to curtail his symptoms were inadequate, that he needed additional intervention. At the same time, it is the story of her own struggles with anxiety and depression, and coping with the changes in her life as her brother suffered at home. And finally, it is the story of one family’s acceptance of a difficult diagnosis and their embracing of the child and brother they have always known and loved. Schizophrenia, indeed mental illness in general, is often misunderstood and therefore feared by society at large. Here, the author helps to dislodge some long-held assumptions about mental illness and encourages readers to ask questions, to offer help and support, and to advocate for assistance for anyone suffering mental illness before it’s too late. She offers a voice to all the sisters and brothers of the mentally ill, so that they may find comfort in her words and hope for their siblings.
Sarah Rae is a writer and editor. She is the author of Charity, a novel about five families during Hurricane Katrina. Her fiction and nonfiction has appeared in literary journals internationally since 2006. A member of the Freelancers Union, she writes and copyedits web content. She is also the editor-in-chief of a literary journal. She blogs about schizophrenia at www.fogofparanoia.com
Introduction
Part 1: Young and Innocent
1.Normal Children
2.Growing Pains and Creative Outlets
3.Hurtful Family Ties
4.Breaking Free
5.His Sister’s Keeper
Part 2: Coming Apart
6.Turbulent Teens
7.Arrest and the First Psychologist
8.Living Together: Less Marijuana, More Beer
9.Hurricane Katrina and a Broken Mind
10.Abnormal Psychology and Unreturned Phone-calls
11.Diagnosis: Nature vs. Nurture
Part 3: Fallout
12.Denial
13.Survivor’s Guilt
14.The First Noncompliance
15.Letters Never Sent
16.No Family Is An Island
17.Coming Together
Part 4: Steps Towards Recovery
18.Fighting Stigma
19.Facing the Future
20.Relapse & Healthy Expectations
21.Keeping Friendship Alive
Resources
Acknowledgements
Bibliography
About the Author
Verlagsort | Lanham, MD |
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Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 159 x 238 mm |
Gewicht | 508 g |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Krankheiten / Heilverfahren | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Persönlichkeitsstörungen | |
Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege | |
ISBN-10 | 1-4422-2063-5 / 1442220635 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4422-2063-8 / 9781442220638 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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