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In this latest edition, all chapters have been updated with new research on anosognosia (lack of insight) and much more detail on LEAP. Listeners will find expanded guidance on how to learn and use LEAP. New advice, relying on lessons learned from tens of thousands of LEAP seminar participants, is given to help listeners quickly and effectively use Dr. Amador's method for helping someone accept treatment.
I Am Not Sick, I Don't Need Help! is not just a reference for mental health practitioners and criminal justice professionals. It is a must-listen to guide for family members whose loved ones are battling mental illness and addictions. Listen, and learn as have hundreds of thousands of others...to LEAP—listen, empathize, agree, and partner—and help your patients and loved ones accept the treatment they need.
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If you’re the family member of an addict, you may feel confused, guilty, and scared of doing the wrong thing. And when you don’t know how to help, you may find yourself in a codependent role. Addict in the House offers a pragmatic, step-by-step guide to dealing with a loved one’s addiction, from accepting the reality of the disease to surviving what may be repeated cycles of recovery and relapse. You’ll learn how to encourage your addicted loved one to get help without forcing it and finally find the strength to let go of codependence.
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3 out of 5 stars
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was okay.
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By: Robin Barnett EdD LCSW, and others
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Talking to Crazy
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Let's face it: We all know people who are irrational. No matter how hard you try to reason with them, it never works. So what's the solution? How do you talk to someone who's out of control? What can you do with a boss who bullies, a spouse who yells, or a friend who frequently bursts into tears? In his book Just Listen, Mark Goulston shared his best-selling formula for getting through to the resistant people in your life. Now he brings his communication magic to the most difficult group of all - the downright irrational.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Dissapointed
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By: Mark Goulston MD
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Beyond Addiction
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Drawing on forty collective years of research and decades of clinical experience, the authors present the best practical advice science has to offer. Delivered with warmth, optimism, and humor, Beyond Addiction defines a new, empowered role for friends and family and a paradigm shift for the field.
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4 out of 5 stars
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No PDF with supplemental
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By: Jeffrey Foote PhD, and others
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The Spectrum of Hope
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Imagine finding a glimmer of good news in a diagnosis of Alzheimer's. And imagine how that would change the outlook of the five million Americans who suffer from Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, not to mention their families, loved ones, and caretakers. A neurologist who's been specializing in dementia and memory loss for more than 20 years, Dr. Gayatri Devi rewrites the story of Alzheimer's by defining it as a spectrum disorder - like autism, Alzheimer's is a disease that affects different people differently.
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Aging with Grace
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5 Types of People Who Can Ruin Your Life
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When a high-conflict person has one of five common personality disorders - borderline, narcissistic, paranoid, antisocial, or histrionic - they can lash out in risky extremes of emotion and aggression. And once an HCP decides to target you, they're hard to shake. But there are ways to protect yourself. Using empathy-driven conflict management techniques, Bill Eddy, a lawyer and therapist with extensive mediation experience, will teach you to spot warning signs of the five high-conflict personalities in others and in yourself.
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This book should be required reading.
- By JGM on 05-07-18
By: Bill Eddy
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Manufacturing Depression
- The Secret History of a Modern Disease
- By: Gary Greenberg
- Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
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- Unabridged
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Am I happy enough? This has been a pivotal question since America's inception. "Am I not happy enough because I am depressed?" is a more recent version. Psychotherapist Gary Greenberg shows how depression has been manufactured---not as an illness but as an idea about our suffering, its source, and its relief. He challenges us to look at depression in a new way.
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Modern Gonzo Tour de Force
- By S. Frank on 11-12-11
By: Gary Greenberg
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Clean
- Overcoming Addiction and Ending America’s Greatest Tragedy
- By: David Sheff
- Narrated by: Jeff Cummings
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- Unabridged
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Addiction is a preventable, treatable disease, not a moral failing. As with other illnesses, the approaches most likely to work are based on science - not on faith, tradition, contrition, or wishful thinking. These facts are the foundation of Clean, a myth-shattering look at drug abuse by the author of Beautiful Boy. Based on the latest research in psychology, neuroscience, and medicine, Clean is a leap beyond the traditional approaches to prevention and treatment of addiction.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Unbearable narration
- By John on 09-10-14
By: David Sheff
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On Death and Dying
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Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross created her classic seminal work, On Death and Dying, to offer us a new perspective on the terminally ill. It is not a psychoanalytic study, nor is it a "how-to" manual for managing death. Rather, it refocuses on the patient as a human being and a teacher, in the hope that we will learn from him or her about the final stages of life.
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Terrible narration
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Peace, Love & Healing
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A classic of patient empowerment, Peace, Love & Healing offered the revolutionary message that we have an innate ability to heal ourselves. Now proven by numerous scientific studies, the connection between our minds and our bodies has been increasingly accepted as fact throughout the mainstream medical community. In a new introduction, Dr. Bernie Siegel highlights current research on the relationships among consciousness, psychosocial factors, attitude, and immune function.
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horrible horrible
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The Gift of Adversity
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- By: Norman E. Rosenthal M.D.
- Narrated by: Erik Synnestvedt
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- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 71
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 59
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Story4 out of 5 stars 58
The noted research psychiatrist explores how life's disappointments and difficulties provide us with the lessons we need to become better, bigger, and more resilient human beings. Adversity is an irreducible fact of life. Although we can and should learn from all experiences, both positive and negative best-selling author Dr. Norman E. Rosenthal believes that adversity is by far the best teacher most of us will ever encounter.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Book ruined by the narrator
- By David C. on 12-07-22
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Superparenting for ADD
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- Narrated by: William Hughes
- Length: 5 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 277
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 211
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 207
Dr. Edward Hallowell - a veteran pediatric psychiatric clinician, best-selling author, and himself a man with attention deficit disorder (ADD) - teams up with Peter S. Jensen, M.D., one of the country's foremost academics on ADD and the father of an ADD child, to present a specific and detailed program for parents to assist their ADD child in finding success, health, and joy. Sure to become an invaluable parenting resource and a classic in ADD literature, this book will help parents unlock the gifts of ADD.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Innovative way to communicate with skiddish parent
- By Nicole on 11-23-10
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Women Who Think Too Much
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 431
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It's not a surprise that our fast-paced, overly analytical culture is pushing people - especially women - to spend countless hours thinking about negative ideas, feelings, and experiences. Renowned psychologist Dr. Susan Nolen-Hoeksema calls this "overthinking". Her groundbreaking research shows that an increasing number of women - more than half of those in her extensive study - are doing it too much and too often, hindering their ability to lead a satisfying life.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Generic tools for overcoming overthinking
- By letlet on 01-09-19
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Surviving and Thriving with an Invisible Chronic Illness
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- By: Ilana Jacqueline
- Narrated by: Lori Prince
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 70
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 63
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 63
Do you live with a chronic, debilitating, yet invisible condition? You may feel isolated, out of step, judged, lonely, or misunderstood - and that's on top of dealing with your actual illness. Take heart. You are not alone, although sometimes it can feel that way. Written by a blogger who suffers from an invisible chronic illness, Surviving and Thriving with an Invisible Chronic Illness offers peer-to-peer support to help you stay sane, be your own advocate, and get back to living your life. This compelling guide is written for anyone suffering with an illness no one can see.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Reference Guide!
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By: Ilana Jacqueline
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Counterclockwise
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 150
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 116
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 115
If we could turn back the clock psychologically, could we also turn it back physically? For more than 30 years, award-winning social psychologist Ellen Langer has studied this provocative question, and now has a conclusive answer: opening our minds to what's possible, instead of clinging to accepted notions about what's not, can lead to better health at any age.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Surprisingly disappointing
- By Stephen on 06-23-09
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Overcoming Opioid Addiction
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- By: Adam Bisaga MD, Karen Chernyaev - contributor
- Narrated by: Liz Maxwell
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 33
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 27
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Story5 out of 5 stars 26
Drug overdoses are now the leading cause of death for Americans under the age of 50, claiming more lives than the AIDS epidemic did at its peak. Opioid abuse accounts for two-thirds of these overdoses, with over 100 Americans dying from opioid overdoses every day. Now Overcoming Opioid Addiction provides a comprehensive medical guide for opioid use disorder (OUD) sufferers, their loved ones, clinicians, and other professionals. Here is expertly presented, urgently needed information and guidance
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5 out of 5 stars
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Authoritative, compassionate guidance
- By Amazon Customer on 05-20-18
By: Adam Bisaga MD, and others
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Suspicious Minds
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- By: Joel Gold, Ian Gold
- Narrated by: Joel Gold, Ian Gold
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 109
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 100
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Story4 out of 5 stars 101
Mr. A. was admitted to Dr. Joel Gold’s inpatient unit at Bellevue Hospital in 2002. He was, he said, being filmed constantly, and his life was being broadcast around the world "like The Truman Show" - the 1998 film depicting a man who is unknowingly living out his life as the star of a popular soap opera. Over the next few years, Gold saw a number of patients suffering from what he and his brother, Dr. Ian Gold, began calling the "Truman Show Delusion," launching them on a quest to understand the nature of this particular phenomenon and the nature of madness itself.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Intriguing
- By L. K. on 04-18-16
By: Joel Gold, and others
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The Journey of the Heroic Parent
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- By: Brad M. Reedy Ph.D.
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 8 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 198
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 166
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Story5 out of 5 stars 166
When a child is hurting, it can be the most painful challenge a parent will face. With compassion and perspective, Dr. Brad Reedy offers hope and wisdom for children who struggle and the parents who love them. The Journey of the Heroic Parent will take you on a journey to a happier, healthier relationship with your struggling child - and yourself. Through lessons learned, mother, father, and child will achieve greater understanding, love, and humanity - no matter what the outcome.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Loved it! Will read over again and again!
- By wooplicity on 06-21-15
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An intimate, moving book written with the immediacy and directness of one who still struggles with the effects of mental and chronic illness, The Collected Schizophrenias cuts right to the core. Schizophrenia is not a single unifying diagnosis, and Esmé Weijun Wang writes not just to her fellow members of the “collected schizophrenias” but to those who wish to understand it as well.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Narration way too slow
- By Diane on 04-27-19
By: Esmé Weijun Wang
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When Someone You Love Is Bipolar
- Help and Support for You and Your Partner
- By: Cynthia G. Last PhD
- Narrated by: Callie Beaulieu
- Length: 11 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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When bipolar disorder afflicts the person you love, you suffer too. How have other couples learned to manage the relationship strains caused by this illness? What can you do to provide your partner with truly helpful nurturance and support? No one cares more deeply about these questions than Dr. Cynthia Last, a highly regarded therapist/researcher who also has bipolar disorder.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great resource for bipolar spouses
- By Laurie W. on 01-28-19
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Fires in the Dark
- Healing the Unquiet Mind
- By: Kay Redfield Jamison
- Narrated by: Beth Hicks, Kay Redfield Jamison
- Length: 7 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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“To treat, even to cure, is not always to heal.” In this expansive cultural history of the treatment and healing of mental suffering, Kay Jamison writes about psychotherapy, what makes a great healer, and the role of imagination and memory in regenerating the mind. From the trauma of the battlefields of the twentieth century, to those who are grieving, depressed, or with otherwise unquiet minds, to her own experience with bipolar illness, Jamison demonstrates how remarkable psychotherapy and other treatments can be when done well.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Your story was timely, honest, and has given me the courage to begin the hard work I’ve avoided for decades
- By Ken Daubenspeck on 07-23-23
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The Bipolar Disorder Survival Guide
- What You and Your Family Need to Know
- By: David J. Miklowitz
- Narrated by: Kris Koscheski
- Length: 13 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Getting an accurate diagnosis is the first step toward reclaiming your life from bipolar disorder. But if you or someone you love is struggling with the frantic highs and crushing lows of this illness, there are still many hurdles to surmount at home, at work, and in daily life. You need current information and practical problem-solving advice you can count on. You've come to the right place.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great resource
- By Christi B on 05-11-15
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Divided Minds
- Twin Sisters and Their Journey Through Schizophrenia
- By: Pamela Spiro Wagner, Carolyn S. Spiro MD
- Narrated by: Kimberly Farr, Amanda Carlin
- Length: 11 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Divided Minds is a dual memoir of identical twins, one of whom faces a life sentence of schizophrenia and the other who becomes a psychiatrist after entering the spotlight that had for so long been focused on her sister.
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5 out of 5 stars
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intense!
- By Snow Dunn on 09-12-19
By: Pamela Spiro Wagner, and others
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An Unquiet Mind
- A Memoir of Moods and Madness
- By: Kay Redfield Jamison
- Narrated by: Kay Redfield Jamison
- Length: 2 hrs and 46 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,759
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Dr. Jamison is one of the foremost authorities on manic-depressive (bipolar) illness; she has also experienced it firsthand. For even while she was pursuing her career in academic medicine, Jamison found herself succumbing to the same exhilarating highs and catastrophic depressions that afflicted many of her patients, as her disorder launched her into ruinous spending sprees, episodes of violence, and an attempted suicide.
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2 out of 5 stars
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It Says Unabridged. That is incorrect.
- By Casey Wagner on 10-17-11
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Everything Is Fine
- A Memoir
- By: Vince Granata
- Narrated by: Sean Patrick Hopkins
- Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 280
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Vince Granata remembers standing in front of his suburban home in Connecticut the day his mother and father returned from the hospital with his three new siblings in tow. He had just finished scrawling their names in orange chalk on the driveway: Christopher, Timothy, and Elizabeth. Twenty-three years later, Vince was a thousand miles away when he received the news that would change his life - his younger brother, Tim, propelled by unchecked schizophrenia, had killed their mother in their childhood home.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Brutal and Beautiful
- By 3dogknits on 07-14-21
By: Vince Granata
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Loving Someone with Bipolar Disorder
- Understanding and Helping Your Partner
- By: Julie A. Fast, John D. Preton
- Narrated by: Jo Anna Perrin
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 182
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An essential resource designed to help partners of people with bipolar disorder mend strained relationships, negotiate episodic crises, survive the turbulence manic behavior may cause, and more.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Definitely worth the read
- By Tracy on 09-17-15
By: Julie A. Fast, and others
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- Chocolove
- 11-22-22
a must read for everyone
A must read for everyone, not only those who are dealing with someone who have mental disorder.
Thank you so much for this wonderful tool Dr. Amador.
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- 08-05-22
Most helpful and hopeful information on mental illness.
Most helpful and hopeful information that I have found on understanding how to help someone with schizophrenia. It is also the most helpful information I found to help myself deal with having a child diagnosed with schizophrenia. I am so grateful that Dr. Amado wrote this book. I wish to thank him for caring enough to publish this book.
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Extremely informative and helpful insights for families with members suffering from mental illness…an important book on communications
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- 12-03-22
Gentle delivery of a difficult topic
A great resource for those who are supporting a loved one with mental health issues, especially with the acronyms that serve as a “cheat sheet” when confronting our loved ones.
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- 11-06-22
Thanks for giving hope
The LEAP process is a true gift to those interacting with loved ones who don’t recognize their illness.
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- 01-06-23
Heartfelt and Informative
This was actually light-hearted for such a serious subject, offering clarity, hope and wisdom!
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- 01-12-23
Thank you for your knowledge and wisdom
Thank you for your knowledge and wisdom came through education and experience. Greatly appreciate you sharing stories of Henry.
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- Nancy D
- 12-10-22
Great book
Grateful for the insight I have gained. Schizophrenia is so misunderstood and a really sad condition for anyone to have, specially a loved one. I now understand and are better informed on how to be there for my son.
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- Roger
- 11-05-22
No insight Parkinson's
If you are caregivers for a loved one who has Parkinson's and is in denial, rejecting treatment and medicine because they don't consider themselves sick, this book is an excellent resource and maybe your salvation in managing this dreadful, life altering disease.
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- 06-17-23
Stop Here For Help With Your Loved One!
So much insight! I wish I had this 20 years ago. I didn’t so I can use the theories now, we have learned to embrace and enjoy our adult child (we never stopped loving that is unconditional) through NAMI and this book reinforces what we learned.
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