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SCHIZOPHRENIA: MEDICINE'S MYSTERY - SOCIETY'S SHAME BY MARVIN ROSS
Recommended
by the World
Fellowship for Schizophrenia and Allied Disorders
"very comprehensive", Dr. E. Fuller Torrey,
psychiatrist and author of Surviving Schizophrenia
"A goldmine of history
and information", Dr. Carol Parlow, psychiatrist, Oakville,
Ontario
"a powerful resource for anyone looking for
answers and insight into the world of mental illness."
Schizophrenia Digest Magazine, Fall 2008 Read
Complete Review
A"critical and lucid review" Jean Desclin MD
PhD
He goes on to say that the book demystifies a number of
superstitions and false beliefs about schizophrenia and that it
explains the causes of mental illness that are not well explained by
what he terms "so-called professionals". Here
is his review (in French)
"a helpful and empowering guide" Abilities
Magazine - Issue 77, Winter 2008/09
"This hard-edged blueprint takes a logical
approach, giving a much-needed critique of historical myth as well as
all too recent quasi-scientific blunderings that may have caused
decades of delay in the search for rational treatment for this
far-from-rational and thoroughly misunderstood disease. Too much
received opinion on this subject has been wrong, and Ross correctly
dedicates considerable space to expunging error." From an Amazon
Review Read
the full review
From the preface
by David Dawson MD, FRCP(C) - former Professor of Psychiatry, Faculty
of Health Sciences, McMaster University and former psychiatrist in
chief, Hamilton Psychiatric Hospital, both in Hamilton, Ontario,
Canada
"Marvin Ross' commendable book is a survey
examining schizophrenia in the United States, Europe, Canada, and
Australia. As he writes, the mentally ill of many western countries
are not faring as well as they might have in 1960 or 1970, despite
our advances in knowledge, treatment, and our nations' wealth"
Distributed by Ingram Book Company, trade paper, 188
pages, $19.95 US retail (ISBN 978-0-9810037-0-2)
   
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