{"product_id":"9780595242993","title":"How to Become a Schizophrenic: The Case Against Biological Psychiatry","description":"\"...demonstrates the physical, psychological, and social harm resulting from the label schizophrenic and the continuous need to reexamine the underpinnings and attitudes of psychiatry.\"\u003cp\u003e-\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Of all the books written about schizophrenia...none is more comprehensive, accurate, thorough, and clearer in style and statement than John Modrow's classic \u003ci\u003eHow to Become a Schizophrenic\u003c\/i\u003e. Modrow, who is a recovered schizophrenic and is, perhaps, the unrecognized and unappreciated world's foremost authority on this disorder, has performed a truly invaluable service and has made the major contribution to our understanding of the causes and cures of this pseudodisease.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Robert A Baker, Ph.D., former chairman of the Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky; author of \u003ci\u003eThey Call It Hypnosis, Hidden Memories: Voices and Visions from Within and Mind Games: Are We Obsessed with Therapy?\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"One of the best things I've read on the subject...I am struck by the richness of the ideas and the research and the soundness of the conclusions.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Peter Breggin, M.D., founder and director of the International Center for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology; author of \u003ci\u003eToxic Psychiatry and Talking Back to Prozac\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"...a very important contribution to the field.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Theodore Lidz, M.D., former chairman of the Department of Psychiatry, Yale University; author of \u003ci\u003eThe Origin and Treatment of Schizophrenic Disorders and Schizophrenia and the Family\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"...well researched and easily readable (a difficult combination to achieve)!\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Judi Chamberlin, author of \u003ci\u003eOn Our Own: Patient-Controlled Alternatives to the Mental Health System\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"...meticulously challenges all the major research that claims that schizophrenia is a biological disorder.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Ty C. Colbert, Ph.D., author of \u003ci\u003eBroken Brains or Wounded Hearts: What Causes Mental Illness\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Before reading the book, I was largely convinced that schizophrenia was primarily a brain disease. Modrow has forced me to take a second look, however, and reconsider the psychological causes of the condition.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-\u003ci\u003eThe Vancouver Sun\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"...it is ennobling that despite bad and discouraging treatment he was able to understand himself and others, and share that acquired knowledge in an accurate and helpful way.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Bertram P. Karon, PhD., professor of clinical psychology, Michigan State University; author of \u003ci\u003ePsychotherapy of Schizophrenia\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"...gives clear proof that there's real hope. Truly a remarkable book!\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Alan Caruba, \u003ci\u003eBookviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"iUniverse, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42900692140093,"sku":"9780595242993","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9780595242993_p0.jpg?v=1771588518","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.com\/products\/9780595242993","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}