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Schizophrenia: A Blueprint for Recovery
By Milt Greek
Price: $9.99 USD. Words: 36,480. Language: English. Published: October 9, 2011. Category: Nonfiction
Schizophrenia: A Blueprint for Recovery provides innovative techniques to work with a person in psychosis, move him or her into recovery, and aid in rejoining mainstream society. Topics include the building of schizophrenic psychosis, hallucinations and false perceptions, working with someone in psychosis, stabilizing on medication, and counseling for self-understanding. 2012 Revised Edition.
Scar
By Ryan Frawley
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 94,500. Language: English. Published: October 18, 2011. Category: Fiction
Dermot Fallon has a disease. Currently hospitalized in Vancouver, he recreates with lunatic clarity the circumstances surrounding his recent trip to Ireland to bury his father, and his own schizophrenic breakdown. *Scar contains strong language and is not suitable for young children. Discretion is advised.*
Hollowing Screams
By Barbara Watkins
Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 66,280. Language: English. Published: October 30, 2011 by R. J. Buckley Publishing. Category: Fiction
Is it safe to say that unexplained phenomenon does exist? If you asked the people of Patton, they would say, “Of course it does and its name is Lola.”
Disease Beyond My Practice--Stories
By Glenn Vanstrum
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 80,060. Language: English. Published: October 30, 2011. Category: Fiction
No one can survive a bi-polar universe without a healthy dose of madness. An infectious disease doctor falls in love with a dope addict/real-estate agent. A paranoid schizophrenic decides he must render himself sterile. A meth freak tries to destroy his surgeon with a stolen tank. In these stories, set in today's crazed world, the only way to acquit oneself may be through the insanity defense.
The Boulevard of Broken Discourse
By Matthew Freeman
Price: $4.95 USD. Words: 10,440. Language: English. Published: November 1, 2011 by Coffeetown Press. Category: Fiction
For many years Matthew Freeman struggled with mental illness and his experiences have fed his unique perspective. Thanks to the newest treatments, he is able to give voice to subjects that in the past would have been consigned to silence. His home of St. Louis, Missouri provides the setting for many of his poems and is a constant source of inspiration.
Killing President Garfield - How a Schizophrenic Changed American History
By Bill Schroeder
Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 233,300. Language: English. Published: December 5, 2011 by Fideli Publishing. Category: Fiction
To schizophrenic Charles Guiteau his Divine Inspiration to “remove” President Garfield was real to him even as he dangled from a rope. Garfield’s agony is chronicled elsewhere. This focus is on the delusional world of his shooter. Some actions are fictionalized to dramatize the actual story. It took Guiteau five tries to shoot Garfield and there were at least seven attempts on his life.
How To Be a Homeless Frenchman
By Paula Lee
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 52,110. Language: English. Published: December 22, 2011. Category: Fiction
How To Be a Homeless Frenchman tells a tale of two countries, France and the US, bound together in weird and wonderful ways by war, music, and the love of good cheese. Surprising, lyrical, and laugh-out-loud funny, How To Be a Homeless Frenchman is an exploration of just how much happiness can be found in being a smelly Frenchman on a sunny day.
The Angel's Messenger
By Fred Musante
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 86,610. Language: English. Published: January 10, 2012. Category: Fiction
Paul Tinelli thinks he’s going crazy, and everybody else thinks so, too. He says an angel told him to deliver a simple message. But when his mission turns him into a key defense witness who can save an innocent man from a death sentence, the prosecutor decides to put angels on trial to discredit his testimony. So if you think you saw an angel, does that mean you’re crazy?
Diagnosing and Treating Mental Illness, A Guide for Physicians, Interns, Nurses, Patients, and Their Families
By John V. Wylie, M.D.
Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 36,520. Language: English. Published: January 14, 2012. Category: Nonfiction
This is a revolutionary little book about understanding mental illness from the perspective of how people actually experience it. Dr. Wylie believes that mental illnesses are segments of unregulated, hyperactive normal emotions, which can be easily understood by anyone. also included is a complete compendium of effective treatments for each disorder describing their risks and benefits.
For Petie's Sake
By Kimbell Vincent
Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 52,890. Language: English. Published: January 19, 2012. Category: Fiction
Through crazed pathos and blinding fear this is an uplifting story of humanity restored – not an easy task for a jail bird, schizophrenic and murderer. Our hero typifies the struggle between good and evil and the axiom: Life’s a bitch and then you die.
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