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Schizophrenia : a brother finds answers in biological science / Ronald Chase.

By: Publisher: Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, [2013]Description: viii, 213 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781421410906 (hardcover : alkaline paper)
  • 9781421410913 (pbk. : alkaline paper)
  • 1421410907 (hardcover : alkaline paper)
  • 1421410915 (pbk. : alkaline paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 616.89/8 23
LOC classification:
  • RC514 .C463 2013
Contents:
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.

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.

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