Illuminating Schizophrenia: Insights Into the Uncommon Mind
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| Rating | : | 4.63 (940 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0615834191 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 208 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-08-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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"She did Illuminate schizophrenia" according to Miss Prinny. First of all, I would like to commend Dr. Olson for her courage in presenting her pathological life to us in an insightful and understandable fashion. One can tell us how it feels to have a mental illness better than an educated victim. It is clearly valuable for health professionals and lay persons alike. Most importantly it is excellent for the sufferer and those close to them for all the insight it presents.I recommend it highly. Insider's View Firsthand expert account of schizophrenia.Give's the ABC's coupled with autobiographical insights.Fantastic and thorough, easy to follow for students and loved ones. Useful and perceptive, multifaceted - Recommended Haartex Dr. Ann Olson has written a very useful and perceptive book on the painful and difficult to understand experience of schizophrenia. Designed primarily for a lay audience including those suffering from the disorder, this study’s greatest strength is its multifaceted approach. Combining brief clinical sketches of the main clinical approaches to this form of psychosis, with personal experiences and acutely perceptive poetry which by singular angularity adds an emotional depth, this study is well worth reading.The other principle feature of this work I would like to note is the
Dr. Olson has worked. Olson's poetry is a perspective into the thoughts and feelings of schizophrenics. There are discussions of the diagnosis and history of schizophrenia and the many subtypes. Olson provides insights from the perspective of not just a schizophrenic but of a university academic and lecturer in Psychology. The author is also a poet, essayist, artist and sufferer who has endured years of misdiagnosed psychiatric disorders to finally arrive at her present diagnosis of Undifferentiated Schizophrenia. Ann Olson, a doctor of Psychology, has written a book consisting of biography, art and analysis of the various types of schizophrenia. Through Olson's writing and first-hand experience with the illness, the reader is given deep insight into this illness from both the inside experience and the outside theories regarding it. Dr. The book is a compilation of her personal experiences with the disorder, her life with her schizophrenic ex-husband, her own mental illness, her mental health counseling work and commentary of her renown neuropsychologist father. There are also analyses of patients suffering with it and with whom Dr. A significant theme in this book is the stigma of mental illness and how to deal and overcome the negativity associated with those laboring under this illness. This book contains research, poetry, self-help suggestions, a g
She received her BA from the University of Washington, her MA from Pepperdine University, and her doctoral degree from Alliant International University. Her work has included positions as a qualified mental health professional, a counselor and a therapist, a psychology intern, a doctor of psychology and a post-doctoral
Y. R. It is an honest, profound, heartfelt and knowledgeable book beneficial for those facing Schizophrenia and the people who love them." Dr. "Illuminating Schizophrenia: Insights into the Uncommon Mind changed the way I think about Schizophrenia, in the personal and professional sense. Langham, PhD., Family Psychologist and Author of Fallen Apple and Bad Seed. This exploratory, thought-provoking, poetically written book not only offers clients and families helpful suggestions on h