Surviving Schizophrenia By E. Fuller Torrey Md

Surviving Schizophrenia: A Family Manual is written by American schizophrenia and bipolar research psychiatrist Dr. E. Fuller Torrey. Now in its seventh edition, it was first published in 1983. The book describes the patient experience of schizophrenia; criteria for diagnosis; onset, course and prognosis; etiology; treatment and rehabilitation; advice for families; schizophrenia in literature and the movies; and issues for advocates. It is information dense and includes dozens of further reading recommendations at the end of each chapter. Dr. Torrey includes an Annotated List of the Best and Worst Books on Schizophrenia in Appendix A, with delightfully scathing critiques of the books he considers the worst.

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• Klein, D. F. (1984). Surviving schizophrenia: A family manual-by E. Fuller Torrey, M.D.; harper & row, New York, 1983, 302 pages, $20. Psychiatric Services (Washington, D.C.), 35(5), 500-500. https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.35.5.500

• Seeman, M. V. (1985). Surviving schizophrenia: A family manual. The American Journal of Psychiatry, 142(1), 132-a-133. https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.142.1.132-a