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Readings in Schizophrenia

Surviving Schizophrenia: A Manual for Families, Consumers, and Providers (4th Edition)      by  E.Fuller Torrey (Author), Publisher: Quill; 4th edition (2001) ISBN: 0060959193.

 Diagnosis: Schizophrenia by Rachel Miller (Editor), Susan Elizabeth Mason (Editor), Publisher: Columbia University Press; (2002) ISBN: 0231126255.

 I am Not Sick I Don't Need Help! by Xavier Amador, Anna-Lica Johanson (Contributor), Publisher: Vida Press; (2000) ISBN: 0967718902.

 Schizophrenia Revealed: From Neurons to Social Interactions by Michael Foster Green,     Publisher:   W.W. Norton & Company; 1st edition (2001) ISBN: 0393703347.

Mad in America by Robert Whitaker, Publisher: Perseus Publishing; (2002) ISBN: 0-7382-0799-3.

Surviving Mental Illness: Stress, Coping, and Adaptation by Agnes B. Hatfield, Harriet P. Lefley, John S. Strauss, Publisher: Guilford Press; (1993) ISBN: 0898620228.

How to Live With a Mentally Ill Person: A Handbook of Day-To-Day Strategies by Christine Adamec, D. J. Jaffe, Publisher: John Wiley & Sons; (1996) ASIN: 0471114197.

When Someone You Love Has a Mental Illness: A Handbook for Family, Friends, and Caregivers, by Rebecca Woolis, Agnes Hatfied, Publisher: J. P. Tarcher; (1992) ISBN: 0874776953.

Essential Guide to Psychiatric Drugs by Jack M., M.D. Gorman, Publisher: St. Martin's Press; (1998), ISBN: 0312954581.

Breakthroughs in Antipsychotic Medications: A Guide for Consumers, Families, and Clinicians. by Peter J. Weiden (Editor), Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company; (1999) ISBN: 0393703037.

Consumer's Guide to Psychiatric Drugs, by John D. Preston, John H. O'Neal, Mary C. Talaga, Publisher: New Harbinger Pubns; (2000) ASIN: 157224111X.

Planning for the Future: Providing a Meaningful Life for a Child With a Disability After Your Death by L. Mark Russell (Editor), Publisher: Amer Pub Co; Revised edition, ASIN: 0963578006.

When Madness Comes Home: Help and Hope for the Children, Siblings, and Partners of the Mentally Ill by Victoria Secunda, Publisher: Hyperion; Reprint edition (August 1998) ASIN: 078688326X

Biographies and Autobiographies

The Quiet Room: A Journey Out of the Torment of Madness by Lori Schiller, Publisher: Warner Books; (January 1996) ISBN: 0446671339.

The Day the Voices Stopped: A Schizophrenic's Journey from Madness to Hope by Ken Steele, Claire Berman, Publisher: Basic Books; (2002) ISBN: 0465082270.

Welcome, Silence: My Triumph over Schizophrenia by Carol S.North, M.D., Publisher: Simon & Schuster; (1987) ASIN: 0671528343.

A Beautiful Mind: The Life of Mathematical Genius and Nobel Laureate John Nash by Sylvia Nasar, Publisher: Touchstone Books; (2001) ISBN: 0743224574.

The Skipping Stone: The Rippling Effect of Mental Illness in the Family by Mona Wasow, Publisher: Science & Behavior Books; (1995) ASIN: 083140082X

My Sister's Keeper: Learning to Cope with a Sibling's Mental Illness by Margaret Moorman, Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company; (2002) ISBN: 0393324044.

Mad House: Growing Up in the Shadow of Mentally Ill Siblings by Clea Simon, Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper); (1998) ISBN: 0140274340.

Growing Up With a Schizophrenic Mother by by Margaret J. Brown, Doris Parker Roberts, Publisher: McFarland & Company; (2000), ISBN: 0786408200.

My Mother's Keeper: A Daughter's Memoir of Growing Up in the Shadow of Schizophrenia by Tara Elgin Holley, Joe Holley (Contributor), Publisher: William Morrow; reprinted (1998); ASIN: 0380723026.

The Outsider: A Journey into My Father's Struggle With Madness by Nathaniel Lachenmeyer, Publisher: Broadway Books; (2001) ISBN: 0767901916.

Imagining Robert: My Brother, Madness, and Survival: A Memoir by Jay Neugeboren, Publisher: Rutgers University Press; (2003), ISBN: 0813532965.

Medical Texts

Principles of Neural Science by E.R. Kandel, J.H. Schwartz and T.M. Jessell; Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 4th Edition (2000); ISBN: 0-8385-7701-6.

Practice Guidelines for the Treatment of Patients with Schizophrenia by American Psychiatric Association, APA, Publisher: Amer Psychiatric Pr; 1st  Ed. (1997) ISBN: 0890423091.

Serious Mental Illness and the Family: The Practitioner's Guide by Diane T. Marsh, Publisher: John Wiley & Sons; 1st edition (1998) ISBN: 0471181803.

Schizophrenia by Steven R. Hirsch (Editor), Daniel R. Weinberger (Editor), Penny R. Mitchell, Publisher: Blackwell Publishers; 2nd edition ( 2003) ISBN: 0632063882.

Comprehensive Care of Schizophrenia by Lieberman, Publisher: Martin Dunitz Ltd; (December 2001) ISBN: 1841841501.

Essential Psychopharmacology of Antipsychotics and Mood Stabilizers by Steven M. Stahl, Cambridge University Press (2002); ISBN 0521 89074 8. 

Schizophrenia and Mood Disorders: The New Drug Therapies in Clinical Practice By Peter F. Buckley (Editor), John L. Waddington (Editor), Publisher: Edward Arnold; 1st edition (February 15, 2000) ISBN: 0750640960

Insight and Psychosis by Xavier F. Amador (Editor), Anthony S. David (Editor), David Amador, Publisher: Oxford University Press; (1998) ISBN: 0195084977.

Distinguishing Psychological From Organic Disorders: Screening for Psychological Masquerade by Robert L., Md. Taylor, Publisher: Springer Pub Co; 2nd edition (2000) ISBN: 082611329X.

The Schizophrenias: A Biological Approach to the Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders (Springer Series on Psychiatry) by Mary Coleman, Christopher Gillberg, Publisher: Springer Pub Co; (September 1996) ASIN: 0826192904.

Genetics and Mental Illness: Evolving Issues for Research and Society by Laura Lee Hall (Editor), Publisher: Plenum Pr; (1996) ISBN: 0306451662.

Treating Schizophrenia (Jossey-Bass Social and Behavioral Science Series) by Werner M. Mendel, Publisher: Jossey-Bass; 1st Edition edition (1989) ASIN: 1555421512.

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