Description

By Mark Ellerby

ISBN: 978-1-84747-098-0
Published: 2007
Pages: 132
Key Themes: schizophrenia, recovery, self-help, advice, information

Description

This collection of essays deals with the later stages of schizophrenia. The first section concerns what it is like to experience the illness in the long term. This is followed by what it is like to experience a sense of recovery from the illness. Again it is often said that you cannot know what it is like to have schizophrenia unless you have had it yourself. I believe that this account can give some further insights beyond those contained in the first volume.

With this important book, the second in a distinguished series, Mark explores some very pressing issues and in doing so debunks some myths and exposes many truths about this common condition.

About the Author

My biographical history is very much dominated by schizophrenia which began at age 21. I had just graduated from university and starting a PhD. course in political philosophy. I had to give up my PhD. after a five year struggle with the illness due to a lack of information to hand about what hearing voices actually is.