{"product_id":"9780994137708","title":"Surviving Schizophrenia","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003e‘Surviving Schizophrenia’ \u003c\/em\u003echronicles a path where biochemical intervention is not the sole factor relevant to mental illness.. Varied ‘world views’ – Christianity, Maori Pacifika lore, or the credo of a New Age – which have influenced myself – demand a broad approach to mental health.. Reckless prescription of drugs should not substitute exclusively for alternative therapies. As schizophrenia appears in early adulthood, recognition of the vice of youth – alcohol, sex, drugs – should impel professionals to tackle the degenerate social effects of mental illness – alcohol abuse, drug abuse, itinerancy, prostitution. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Suffering schizophrenia for thirty years, I sojourned from the depths of madness to the sobriety of recovery. Plagued with hallucinatory voices, hyperbolic mania, irrational phobia, and inexplicable ideas of magical influence, I entered psychiatric institutions on numerous occasions. I traversed the New Zealand public health system – hospitals, outpatient clinics, hospice services. I spent nine months in a forensic hospital. Despite these trials, I have never received a conviction for contravention of the law. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGraduating with a Bachelor’s Degree in Management Studies from the University of Waikato, I have since participated in the consumer advocacy movement of former ‘clients’ of mental health services. In particular, I was a supporter in the 1990s of the \u003cem\u003eThe Schizophrenia Fellowship NZ (\u003c\/em\u003enow known as \u003cem\u003eSupporting Families); The Aotearoa Network of Psychiatric Survivors; \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003ePsychiatric Survivors Auckland Inc.\u003c\/em\u003e. New Zealand, with Great Britain, the USA and The Netherlands is a leader of mental health consumer advocacy.. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lang Book Publishing, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47036102639856,"sku":"9780994137708","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780994137708_p0.jpg?v=1763901476","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780994137708","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}