Schizophrenia, Psychology & Counseling, General, Mental Illness, Pathologies, Specialty Boutique, Medical eBooks 

Schizophrenia is widely considered the most severe disabling mental illnesses. Yet recent research has demonstrated that people afflicted with the disorder are able to recover to a significant degree. Living outside Mental Illness demonstrates the importance of listening to what people diagnosed with schizophrenia themselves have to say about their struggle, and shows the dramatic effect this approach can have on clinical and policy. It presents an in depth investigation, based on phenomenological perspective, of experiences of illness and recovery as illuminated by compelling first person descriptions.
The Author has crafted a work that is reader friendly and accessible, and the volume forcefully makes the case for the utility of qualitative methods in improving our understanding of the reasons for the success of future of mental health services. The research has important clinical policy implications, and will be of key interest to those in psychology and the helping professions as well as to people in recovery and their families.