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The Implications of Atul Gawande’s article “Hellhole”: Solitary confinement, isolation, and schizophrenia
“For unpredictable stretches of time, he was granted the salvation of a companion… and he noticed that his thinking recovered rapidly when this occurred. He could read and concentrate longer, avoid hallucinations, and better control his emotions..." Click to read more
Interview with Prof. Elyn Saks
Elyn Saks is the author of _The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey through Madness_, a memoir of living with schizophrenia that was published last year to great critical acclaim. She is a professor at the University of Southern California Gould School ofLaw, and an adjunct professor of psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine. She is a research clinical associate at the New Center for Psychoanalysis. Click to read more
Navigating the System: Introduction
In the event of a first-time psychotic episode, whether it is yourself or a loved one so afflicted, getting professional help can seem impossible, and may in fact be extremely difficult. The first line of response is always your local emergency room; if the episode is in its florid stage, or it occurs after regular office hours, this may be your only option.
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Beautiful Minds Can Be Reclaimed
The film "A Beautiful Mind," about the Nobel Prize-winning mathematician John F. Nash Jr., portrays his recovery from schizophrenia as hard-won, awe-inspiring and unusual. What most Americans and even many psychiatrists do not realize is that many people with schizophrenia -- perhaps more than half -- do significantly improve or recover. That is, they can function socially, work, relate well to others and live in the larger community. Many can be symptom-free without medication.
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The Caregivers' Perspective
Steph was always independent. She did not like to be hugged as a little baby! She always wanted to read it or do it herself. And when she began gymnastics, she was at the gym almost everyday developing her skills and working to tone every muscle and balance skill. (Her dance skills came naturally) and, after she had matured and her muscle type did not allow her to advance, it took us a year to convince her that it was time to move on to other activities and relationships, because she was just that way.
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Dealing with Incongruity: Challenges to Recovery and Wellness
At a time in my life when I strongly desired to apply to a counseling master's degree program, I ordered some used therapy textbooks from the internet. Flipping through the one that seeks to define what a master therapist is, a relatively thin volume called Master Therapists: Exploring Expertise in Therapy and Counseling, I found a passage written by a so-determined "master therapist" about her intrinsic need for congruity, e.g. consistency between words and deeds, in her professional practice, i.e. in what she advises patients, and in her own personal life, i.e. in her beliefs, ethics, and behaviors.
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The NEW MySchizophrenia.org Forum
This is a space for people with mental conditions, caregivers, doctors, and scientists, who are seeking to initiate dialogues about mental illness: living with it, treating it, and for all who are seeking to discover the truth about why some people may suffer from different experiences of reality. Sign up is free!
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