The person with schizophrenia poses a formidable challenge even
to the experienced clinician. Bizarre, unpredictable behavior,
disordered thought patterns, peculiar, even unintelligible speech,
and extreme distrust can drastically limit the clinician's ability
to conduct therapy. It is often seemingly impossible to determine
the cause of these behaviors: Are they a result of the disease, the
side effects of drugs, or the patient's efforts to cope?
In this brilliant and insightful book, Dr. Michael Selzer and
his colleagues offer a radical new perspective on understanding and
treating the schizophrenic person. What is often lacking, they
argue, is a clear understanding of the patient's own experience of
his world. Without a realistic appraisal of the patient's
physiological and psychological vulnerabilities, the effect of
various stresses on him, and his own unique adaptation to these
circumstances, no effective drug or psychotherapeutic treatment
intervention is possible.
This thoughtful, intelligent, and acutely perceptive book is a
major breakthrough for working with persons with schizophrenia. The
authors have shown that therapy with the schizophrenic person is
not only possible but highly rewarding.
General
Imprint: |
New York University Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
December 1989 |
First published: |
December 1989 |
Authors: |
Michael Selzer
|
Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 24mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Trade binding
|
Pages: |
412 |
Edition: |
New |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8147-7891-3 |
Categories: |
Books >
Medicine >
Other branches of medicine >
Psychiatry
|
LSN: |
0-8147-7891-7 |
Barcode: |
9780814778913 |
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