Recovery from Schizophrenia describes two of the longest studies of schizophrenia and other psychoses, which found that one half to two thirds of even the most profoundly disabled people were able to reclaim their lives from the illness. The book features stories about patients finding their way, along with a brief history of the field of psychiatry as it struggled to understand these cases, and describes many successful recovery programs across the world.
Recovery from Schizophrenia describes two of the longest studies of schizophrenia and other psychoses, which found that one half to two thirds of even the most profoundly disabled people were able to reclaim their lives from the illness. The book features stories about patients finding their way, along with a brief history of the field of psychiatry as it struggled to understand these cases, and describes many successful recovery programs across the world.
Courtenay Harding has spent nearly 40 years as a professor of psychiatry. She has presented this evidence at least 550 times at international and national meetings, academic Grand Rounds, providers, families, patients, and government entities. She has received 47 awards and honors for her work.
Inhaltsangabe
* Foreword * Introduction * PART ONE: EVOLUTION OF A REVOLUTION * Chapter 1 Shocking Treatment in Colonial Vermont * Chapter 2 The Evolution of a Vermont Country Doctor * Chapter 3 A Puzzled Psychiatrist Became a Revolutionary with the Help of His Patients * Chapter 4 More Ingredients in the Early Vermont Program * Chapter 5 Phase II: The Five-Year Follow-Up in 1965 and the Demise of Vermont State Hospital * PART TWO: NEW TEAM, NEW STUDY, SAME SAMPLE, YEARS LATER * Chapter 6 The Implausibility of a Housewife Who Became a NIMH Principal Investigator * Chapter 7 Learning about Research, the Generosity of the Field, and Politics in Science * Chapter 8 How We Measured a Life Lived: Preparation Is Worth all The Effort * Chapter 9 Tough Questions from The Chief of Medical Biostatistics * PART THREE: SURPRISES * Chapter 10 Surprise Discoveries Out in the Field * Chapter 11 "A Whole Bunch of People Got Better" * Chapter 12 "I Don't Believe a Word She Just Said!" * Chapter 13 Did Rediagnosis for Contemporary Schizophrenia Make a Difference in the Rates of Improvement and Recovery? * Chapter 14 Vermont Data Supported the DSM-5 Deletion of Subtypes in Schizophrenia * Chapter 15 The Role of Rehabilitation, Neural Plasticity, and Public Policy in Long-term Outcome--The Maine-Vermont Comparison Study * Chapter 16 Northern New England: Perfect Environments for Longitudinal Research * PART FOUR: NINE OTHER VERY LONG-TERM STUDIES FROM ACROSS THE WORLD AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS * Chapter 17 World Wide Evidence of Recovery * Chapter 18 Eating Humble Pie * PART FIVE: SAMPLE OF REHABILITATION PROGRAMS HELPING PEOPLE IMPROVE AND RECOVER * Chapter 19 World Programs * Chapter 20 US Programs * ACKNOWLEDGMENTS * NOTES * INDEX
* Foreword * Introduction * PART ONE: EVOLUTION OF A REVOLUTION * Chapter 1 Shocking Treatment in Colonial Vermont * Chapter 2 The Evolution of a Vermont Country Doctor * Chapter 3 A Puzzled Psychiatrist Became a Revolutionary with the Help of His Patients * Chapter 4 More Ingredients in the Early Vermont Program * Chapter 5 Phase II: The Five-Year Follow-Up in 1965 and the Demise of Vermont State Hospital * PART TWO: NEW TEAM, NEW STUDY, SAME SAMPLE, YEARS LATER * Chapter 6 The Implausibility of a Housewife Who Became a NIMH Principal Investigator * Chapter 7 Learning about Research, the Generosity of the Field, and Politics in Science * Chapter 8 How We Measured a Life Lived: Preparation Is Worth all The Effort * Chapter 9 Tough Questions from The Chief of Medical Biostatistics * PART THREE: SURPRISES * Chapter 10 Surprise Discoveries Out in the Field * Chapter 11 "A Whole Bunch of People Got Better" * Chapter 12 "I Don't Believe a Word She Just Said!" * Chapter 13 Did Rediagnosis for Contemporary Schizophrenia Make a Difference in the Rates of Improvement and Recovery? * Chapter 14 Vermont Data Supported the DSM-5 Deletion of Subtypes in Schizophrenia * Chapter 15 The Role of Rehabilitation, Neural Plasticity, and Public Policy in Long-term Outcome--The Maine-Vermont Comparison Study * Chapter 16 Northern New England: Perfect Environments for Longitudinal Research * PART FOUR: NINE OTHER VERY LONG-TERM STUDIES FROM ACROSS THE WORLD AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS * Chapter 17 World Wide Evidence of Recovery * Chapter 18 Eating Humble Pie * PART FIVE: SAMPLE OF REHABILITATION PROGRAMS HELPING PEOPLE IMPROVE AND RECOVER * Chapter 19 World Programs * Chapter 20 US Programs * ACKNOWLEDGMENTS * NOTES * INDEX
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