SURVIVING SCHIZOPHRENIA

Interesting from the first sentence, Surviving Schizophrenia narrates the riveting story of one young woman’s war with insanity. It chronicles a path where biochemical intervention is not the sole factor relevant to mental illness; and, varying world views are acknowledged – religion, New Age, Pacifika, Celtic and others. The heroine’s odyssey through the psychiatric system is conveyed with irony, vividness, and grace. This exposé illustrates a world usually left in denial and fear by the larger community. Schizophrenia does not imply violent or antisocial behaviour as depicted in the general media; there is much more of that in the wider community, according to illustrious author Stephen C. Southon who offers a way into the schizophrenic world that widens our understanding, knowledge, and empathy as it also delights us with its deftness of touch. Like Janet Frame’s Faces in the Water, this book will change the treatment of many of the mentally ill; and, Jesus Christ may be part of the ghost in the machine in a synthetic evaluation.