Malady of the mind : schizophrenia and the path to prevention
(Audiobook CD)

Includes bonus PDF on disc 15.

Title from web page.

Read by Jacques Roy.

A brilliant portrait of schizophrenia, the most malignant and least understood mental illness, by renowned psychiatrist Jeffrey Lieberman, Chair of Columbia's legendary Psychiatry department, interweaves cultural and scientific history with dramatic patient portraits and clinical experiences to impart a revolutionary message of hope: that for the first time in human history, schizophrenia cannot just be effectively treated, but even prevented. Of the many myths and misconceptions that have historically obscured understanding of schizophrenia, the most pernicious is that there is no effective treatment or cure. The reality couldn't be more different: the truth is that today's treatments have the potential to be game changing, and often lifesaving. In this rigorously researched, deeply compelling biography of schizophrenia, Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman draws on his four-decade career to tell the story of the past, present, and future of this historically dreaded, often disabling illness.