Psychosis is possibly the most feared symptom of mental health disorders, other than suicide, as the sufferer loses touch with reality and can be an extreme danger to themselves and occasionally others. It is particularly associated with schizophrenia, but also manic episodes of bipolar disorder, extreme stress and emotional trauma and substance abuse. Erica Crampton, a former psychosis/schizophrenia patient and now mental health activist and writer, and Stephen Lawrie, Professor of Psychiatry in Edinburgh, UK, have come together to write this practical and positive guide to the tools for recovery to help people with psychosis, or at risk of developing psychosis, and their family and friends, lead a happier, more rewarding life. Written in the style of a travel guide, with lifestyle and wellbeing advice to improve outcomes as well as guidance on conventional treatments, each approach is given a `sanity check' regarding its reliability.

The Mind Surfer is journalist Erica Crompton's memoir, a collection of first-person prose, and journalism that details exactly what psychosis is and how she learned to manage it in her late teens to mid-thirties. This book is aimed at young and old people whose lives have been touched by psychosis: themselves, their loved ones and their caregivers. It's written like a magazine: crammed with first-person features, expert tips, and the prose is short and to the point or 'Literary Journalism'. She hopes this helps engage a younger audience as well as more established patients with psychosis which affects 1 in 20 and is most likely to take a grip in the late teens to early twenties.