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Schizophrenia : a brother finds answers in biological science /

Chase, Ronald.

Schizophrenia : a brother finds answers in biological science / Ronald Chase. - viii, 213 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-209) index.

Innocence on the road to Los Angeles -- Who gets schizophrenia and why? -- Dining with tension -- Which genes cause schizophrenia? -- A consultation with Dr. Held -- Which aspects of the environment cause schizophrenia? -- Breakdown in Westwood Village -- Why does schizophrenia begin in late adolescence? -- Two state hospitals (1959-1960) -- What are the treatment options? -- A conversation in a park -- Is mental illness in the mind or in the brain? -- The villa and the ambassador -- Why is schizophrenia stigmatized? -- Strolling the boardwalk at Hermosa Beach -- Just what is schizophrenia, anyway? -- Libraries and literature -- When did schizophrenia first appear and why doesn't it go away? -- Jim's final days (1998-1999) -- What happens to people with schizophrenia through the years? -- Reflections.

9781421410906 (hardcover : alkaline paper) 9781421410913 (pbk. : alkaline paper) 1421410907 (hardcover : alkaline paper) 1421410915 (pbk. : alkaline paper)

2013001717


Schizophrenia.
Schizophrenia in adolescence.
Schizophrenics--Family relationships--United States.
Neuropsychiatry.

RC514 / .C463 2013

616.89/8

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