Surviving Schizophrenia, 6th Edition

A Family Manual

By: E. Fuller Torrey MD

Narrated by: Matthew Josdal

Updated throughout and filled with all the latest research, the best-selling Surviving Schizophrenia is back, now in its sixth edition.

Since its first publication in 1983, Surviving Schizophrenia has become the standard reference book on the disease and has helped thousands of patients, their families, and mental health professionals. In clear language, this much-praised and important book describes the nature, causes, symptoms, treatment, and course of schizophrenia and also explores living with it from both the patient's and the family's point of view.

This new, completely updated sixth edition includes the latest research findings on what causes the disease, as well as information about the newest drugs for treatment, and answers the questions most often asked by families, consumers, and providers.

©2013 E. Fuller Torrey (P)2018 Tantor

Excellent material for families and others

A very good source of information for anyone with a family member, friend or colleague with schizophrenia. I would highly recommend listening to the book or reading it.
Note that due to the way it is narrated, it is often difficult to follow when a new paragraph or heading starts, but one gets used to it.
I will be looking for an additional book for more guidance on how to assist a patient with anosognosia (being unaware of the illness).

Helpfulness in understanding

I enjoyed the in depth discussion on Schizophrenia and how it can affect people around you.

Amazing

So illuminating ! Everything makes so much more sense now…truly is the cruelest of all mental disorders.

Excellent book

Really the best book I have found for learning about and how to help people with Schizophrenia.

I had left a previous review saying half the book was missing, but after contacting Audible the resolved the issue and now the complete book is available.

Validation and understanding

I am a wife of three young kids whose spouse became schizophrenic just two years ago. I found so many aspects of this book useful and will be using information I learned about in this book to help get the medical, financial, and emotional support i and families living with loved ones of this condition so greatly need. I also appreciate his presentation of the history of the condition, treatment changes. I like his humor when appropriate, his ability to make you feel understood/validated and as though we have some advocates on our side.

Well laid out

An informative book. If you read anything start here. You will be impressed and educated.

Good read

Very informative guide to schizophrenia, will read again. I have schizophrenia myself so this book is very helpful for me to recognize my symptoms.

exactly what I needed to hear

I needed to learn more about schizophrenia and I did! The narrator was great, and the content very deep and thorough

Best understanding of Schizophrenia in detail

My new boyfriend told me he had schizophrenia, I asked him questions with little expectations form him. With learning more from this book my understanding, and previous criticisms of him changed us. His comfort level increased with each Conversation we had about his condition.

Everyone in society should read…

Particularly those who are close up and engaged with a person who struggles with schizophrenia or other thought disorders. This book both offered me hope, imposed the reality of caregiving for a family member diagnosed with a formal thought disorder, and also made me mad to know how society stigmatizes this and other types of mental illnesses. Many people with this brain disease can be helped, but the process to gain that help is both expensive (sad state of pharmaceutical expenses for NO reason), and is short of advocates who really understand those who suffer and how to help them. It is a mad circle! My close family member will need advocacy from a lifelong perspective. And the stigma of this disease is often incorrectly portrayed by those who are untouched by anyone they know who suffers. No knowledge, no compassion. I honestly feel the only way to grasp the very reality of this disease is to experience it in oneself, or to advocate for someone who is experiencing it. Reading material like this is a first step toward gaining some understanding, yes, but it takes someone with compassion to understand the plight of formal thought disorder to break the stigma.