title: Diagnosis: Schizophrenia
author: Rachel Miller
description: Shrouded in myth and mystery, distorted by sensationalist films like The Three Faces of Eve and mistakenly confused with multiple personality disorder, schizophrenia, the authors argue, is one of the least understood mental disorders in the world. It affects 1% of the U.S. population, and this book, primarily targeted at those with the disease, marks an important entry in the mental health genre, particularly since it is coauthored by a group of 35 patients (from a New York treatment program) and has first-person accounts of diagnosis, delusional states and recovery. Miller and Mason, social workers who specialize in the issue, note that while it's still not clear if there is a cure for schizophrenia, many people can successfully manage the condition through a combination of structured routines, medication and therapy. Readers with short attention spans will be able to handle the short chapters, which offer straightforward, nonjudgmental advice on handling a variety of symptoms. Of particular interest are the sections addressing how much information to give co-workers and employers. The authors assume no prior knowledge or background on the subject, and their book is far easier to understand than the classic title for schizophrenics and their families, E. Fuller Torrey's Surviving Schizophrenia. Illus.<BR>Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
zlib_text: SCHIZOPHRENIA:
  THE	PSYCHODYNAMIC	MECHANISMS	AND	THE
  PSYCHOSTRUCTURAL	FORMS
  Silvano	Arieti
  
  e-Book	2016	International	Psychotherapy	Institute
  From	American	Handbook	of	Psychiatry:	Volume	3	Silvano	Arieti
  Copyright	©	1974	by	Silvano	Arieti	and	Eugene	B.	Brody
  All	Rights	Reserved
  Created	in	the	United	States	of	America
  
  Table	of	Contents
  SCHIZOPHRENIA:	THE	PSYCHODYNAMIC	MECHANISMS	AND	THE
  PSYCHOSTRUCTURAL	FORMS
  Psychodynamics	of	Schizophrenia
  The	Family	of	the	Schizophrenic
  First	Period:	Early	Childhood
  Second	Period:	Late	Childhood
  Third	Period:	Adolescence,	Youth,	Adulthood
  Fourth	Period:	The	Psychosis
  The	Process	of	Active	Concretization
  Paleologic	Thought
  Desymbolization	and	Desocialization
  Causality	and	Action:	Motor	Dysfunctions
  Progressive	Teleologic	Regression
  Bibliography
  www.freepsychotherapybooks.org
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  THE	PSYCHODYNAMIC	MECHANISMS	AND	THE
  PSYCHOSTRUCTURAL	FORMS
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