Me, myself, and them a firsthand account of one young person's experience with schizophrenia
During his second semester at college, Kurt Snyder became convinced that he was about to discover a fabulously important mathematical principle, spending hours lost in daydreams about numbers and symbols. In time, his thoughts took a darker turn, and he became preoccupied with the idea that cars wer...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press
2007.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
| Colección: | Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands' adolescent mental health initiative.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798378706719 |
| Sumario: | During his second semester at college, Kurt Snyder became convinced that he was about to discover a fabulously important mathematical principle, spending hours lost in daydreams about numbers and symbols. In time, his thoughts took a darker turn, and he became preoccupied with the idea that cars were following him, or that strangers wanted to harm him. Kurt's mind had been hijacked by schizophrenia, a severe mental disorder that typically strikes during the late teen or young adult years. In Me, Myself, and Them, Kurt, now an adult, looks back from the vantage point of recovery and eloquently |
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| Notas: | "The Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands, the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania." |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (183 p.) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 157) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781281374851 9786611374853 9780198042518 |
