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Surviving Schizophrenia, 6th Edition
- A Family Manual
- Narrated by: Matthew Josdal
- Length: 7 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Release date: 03-27-18
- Language: English
- Publisher: Tantor Audio
Regular price: $20.99
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Publisher's Summary
Updated throughout and filled with all the latest research, the best-selling Surviving Schizophrenia is back, now in its sixth edition.
Since its first publication in 1983, Surviving Schizophrenia has become the standard reference book on the disease and has helped thousands of patients, their families, and mental health professionals. In clear language, this much-praised and important book describes the nature, causes, symptoms, treatment, and course of schizophrenia and also explores living with it from both the patient's and the family's point of view.
This new, completely updated sixth edition includes the latest research findings on what causes the disease, as well as information about the newest drugs for treatment, and answers the questions most often asked by families, consumers, and providers.
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- 04-10-18
Bad narrator
The book is very good and helpful but suffers greatly from bad narration. The narrator has a monotone voice and often puts emphasis on the wrong part of the sentence, a minor annoyance at first but increasingly so later on.
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