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Awakenings: Stories of Recovery and Emergence from Schizophrenia (FRC Copy)

by Bethany Yeiser BS
Paperback, 2024
Tags
schizophrenia, personal account, personal experience, stories, lived experience
Collections
Schizophrenia (SCH), Family Resource Centre
Status
Available

The Quiet Room: A Journey Out of the Torment of Madness [MHWRC COPY]

by Lori Schiller
Paperback, 1996
Tags
schizophrenia, memoir, hallucinations, suicide, resilience, inspirational, personal account, patient perspective, treatment, addiction, relapse — 6 more, recovery, mental illness, hospitalization, voices, narrative, true story
Collections
Schizophrenia (SCH), Mental Health & Wellness Resource Centre
Status
Available

Ben Behind His Voices: One Family's Journey from the Chaos of Schizophrenia to Hope

by Randye Kaye
Hardcover, 2011
Tags
schizophrenia, memoir, family support, personal experience, hope, treatment, recovery, stigma, family, symptoms of schizophrenia
Collections
Schizophrenia (SCH), Mental Health & Wellness Resource Centre
Status
Available

Awakenings: Stories of Recovery and Emergence from Schizophrenia

by Bethany Yeiser BS
Paperback, 2024
Tags
schizophrenia, recovery, treatment, personal account
Collections
Schizophrenia (SCH), Mental Health & Wellness Resource Centre
Status
Available

What's So Funny? An Autobiography of A Professional Schizophrenian, Artist, Singer and Public Speaker

by Jude Mersereau
Paperback, 2021
Tags
mental health, schizophrenia, art, art therapy, autobiography, lived experience, music, writing
Collections
Schizophrenia (SCH), Mental Health & Wellness Resource Centre
Status
Available

What's so Funny?

by Jude Mersereau
Tags
Schizophrenia, public speaking, autobiography
Collection
Schizophrenia (SCH)
Status
Available

Living with Schizophrenia

by Neel Burton
Paperback, 2007
Tags
schizophrenia, personal experience, caregiver
Collection
Schizophrenia (SCH)
Status
Available

What's So Funny? An Autobiography of A Professional Schizophrenian, Artist, Singer and Public Speaker

by Jude Mersereau
Paperback, 2021
Tags
schizophrenia, autobiography, lived experience, music, art, art therapy, writing
Collection
Schizophrenia (SCH)
Status
Available

What's So Funny? An Autobiography of A Professional Schizophrenian, Artist, Singer and Public Speaker

by Jude Mersereau
Paperback, 2021
Tags
schizophrenia, autobiography, lived experience, music, art, art therapy, writing
Collection
Schizophrenia (SCH)
Status
Available

Embracing Schizophrenia: My Story of Struggle, Strength, Resilience and Hope [MHWRC Copy]

by Samantha Mercanti
Paperback, 2021
Tags
schizophrenia, lived experience, personal account, personal experience, recovery, advocacy, life story, OCD, anxiety, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Collections
Schizophrenia (SCH), Mental Health & Wellness Resource Centre
Status
Available

Embracing Schizophrenia: My Story of Struggle, Strength, Resilience and Hope [FRC Copy]

by Samantha Mercanti
Paperback, 2021
Tags
schizophrenia, lived experience, personal account, personal experience, recovery, advocacy, life story, OCD, anxiety, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Collections
Schizophrenia (SCH), Family Resource Centre
Status
Checked out

Losing Dad, Paranoid Schizophrenia: A Family's Search for Hope

by Amanda Lapera
Paperback, 2013
Tags
family experience, schizophrenia, paranoid schizophrenia, paranoia, life story, narrative, family relationships, anosognosia
Collections
Schizophrenia (SCH), Family Resource Centre
Status
Available

The Memory Palace: A Memoir

by Mira Bartok
Paperback, 2011
Tags
New York Times bestseller, schizophrenia, family, family relationships, siblings, parents, memoir, narrative, lived experience, mental illness, mother — 1 more, reconciliation
Collections
Schizophrenia (SCH), Family Resource Centre
Status
Available

Far From the Tree: Parents, Children and the Search for Identity

by Andrew Solomon
Paperback, 2013
Tags
children, parents, families, genetics, inheritance, acceptance, childhood, nurturing, family support, family relationships, inner child — 7 more, disabilities, down syndrome, autism, schizophrenia, deafness, dwarfism, transgender
Collections
Parenting (PAR), Family Resource Centre
Status
Available

Psychology Today Magazine: Conspiracy Theories (December 2020)

by Psychology Today
Magazine, 2020 December
Tags
conspiracy theories, psychology, morality, personality, self-esteem, schizophrenia, autism, ADHD, anxiety, deepfakes, media — 1 more, racism
Collections
Magazines (MAG), Family Resource Centre
Status
Checked out

The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness [Copy #1 of 2]

by Elyn R. Saks
Hardcover, 2007
Tags
schizophrenia, psychosis, narrative, memoir, hospitalization, suicide, medication, recovery, career, treatment, talk therapy — 6 more, education, lived experience, personal account, personal experience, consumer survivor, consumer experience
Collections
Schizophrenia (SCH), Mental Health & Wellness Resource Centre
Status
Available

The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness [Copy #2 of 2]

by Elyn R. Saks
Hardcover, 2007
Tags
schizophrenia, psychosis, narrative, memoir, hospitalization, suicide, medication, recovery, career, treatment, talk therapy — 6 more, education, lived experience, personal account, personal experience, consumer survivor, consumer experience
Collections
Schizophrenia (SCH), Mental Health & Wellness Resource Centre
Status
Available

The Last Taboo: A Survival Guide to Mental Health Care in Canada [Copy #2 of 2]

by Scott Simmie
Hardcover, 2001
Tags
mental illness, mood disorders, mental health care system, Canadian, involuntary treatment, hospitalization, diagnosis, family support, treatment, anxiety disorder, schizophrenia — 5 more, psychiatrist, legislation, navigating the system, consumer survivor, consumer experience
Collections
General Mental Illness (GMI), Mental Health & Wellness Resource Centre
Status
Available at the MHWRC, Level 2

The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness [MHWRC COPY]

by Elyn R. Saks
Paperback, 2008
Tags
schizophrenia, psychosis, narrative, memoir, hospitalization, suicide, medication, recovery, career, treatment, talk therapy — 6 more, education, lived experience, personal account, personal experience, consumer survivor, consumer experience
Collections
Schizophrenia (SCH), Mental Health & Wellness Resource Centre
Status
Available

The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays [MHWRC COPY]

by Esmé Weijun Wang
Paperback, 2019
Tags
Schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, diagnosis of schizophrenia, personal account, personal experience, high-functioning, mental illness, nonfiction, psychotic episodes, hope, inspiration — 2 more, lived experience, essays
Collections
Schizophrenia (SCH), Mental Health & Wellness Resource Centre
Status
Checked out

Learning about Schizophrenia: Rays of Hope (A Reference Manual for Families and Caregivers) [MHWRC COPY]

by Schizophrenia Society of Canada
Paper Book, 2005
Tags
schizophrenia, antipsychotics, symptoms of schizophrenia, treatment, family, coping mechanisms, diagnosis of schizophrenia, early intervention, assessment, comorbidity, crisis — 10 more, substance abuse, legal issues, finance, cognition, relapse, stigma, education, genetics, rehabilitation, research
Collections
Schizophrenia (SCH), Mental Health & Wellness Resource Centre
Status
Available at the MHWRC, Level 2

Divided Minds: Twin Sisters and Their Journey Through Schizophrenia

by Pamela Spiro Wagner
Paperback, 2006
Tags
schizophrenia, family support, family relationships, sister's experience, siblings, twins, sibling, identical twins, personal account, memoir, narrative
Collections
Schizophrenia (SCH), Mental Health & Wellness Resource Centre
Status
Available

My Sister's Keeper: Learning to Cope with a Sibling's Mental Illness

by Margaret Moorman
Paperback, 2002
Tags
memoir, film, movie, family support, schizophrenia, siblings, sister's experience, caregiver, narrative, true story
Collections
Schizophrenia (SCH), Mental Health & Wellness Resource Centre
Status
Available

The Last Taboo: A Survival Guide to Mental Health Care in Canada [Copy #1 of 2]

by Scott Simmie
Paperback, 2002
Tags
mental illness, mood disorders, mental health care system, Canadian, involuntary treatment, hospitalization, diagnosis, family support, treatment, anxiety disorder, schizophrenia — 5 more, psychiatrist, legislation, navigating the system, consumer survivor, consumer experience
Collections
General Mental Illness (GMI), Mental Health & Wellness Resource Centre
Status
Available

Imagining Robert: My Brother, Madness, and Survival : A Memoir

by Jay Neugeboren
Hardcover, 1997
Tags
family support, siblings, brother's perspective, family perspective, memoir, personal account, schizophrenia, Jewish, Brooklyn, family
Collections
Schizophrenia (SCH), Mental Health & Wellness Resource Centre
Status
Available at the MHWRC, Level 2

Schizophrenia: An Information Guide [Copy #2 of 2]

by Debbie Ernest
Paperback, 2017
Tags
camh, schizophrenia, causes of schizophrenia, Canadian, local author
Collection
Schizophrenia (SCH)
Status
Available

Surviving Schizophrenia, 7th Edition: A Family Manual

by E. Fuller Torrey
Paperback, 2019
Tags
schizophrenia, self-help, family support, workbook
Collection
Schizophrenia (SCH)
Status
Checked out

Hallucinations

by Oliver Sacks
Paperback, 2013
Tags
hallucinations, delirium, Charles Bonnet Syndrome, narcolepsy, Parkinson's disease, visual migraine, neurology, neuroscience, sensory deprivation, schizophrenia
Collection
General Mental Illness (GMI)
Status
Available

The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness [FRC Copy #2 of 2]

by Elyn R. Saks
Paperback, 2008
Tags
schizophrenia, psychosis, narrative, memoir, hospitalization, suicide, medication, recovery, career, treatment, talk therapy — 1 more, education
Collection
Schizophrenia (SCH)
Status
Available

Supporting A Family Member With Schizophrenia: Practical Strategies For Daily Living [Copy #2 of 2]

by Sean Kidd
Paperback, 2017
Tags
schizophrenia, symptoms of schizophrenia, mental illness, executive functioning, family support, coping mechanisms, skills, interpersonal skills, environmental support, everyday living
Collection
Schizophrenia (SCH)
Status
Available

First Episode Psychosis: An Information Guide [Copy #2 of 2]

by Sarah Bromley
Paperback, 2015
Tags
psychosis, guide, symptoms of psychosis, phases of psychosis, causes of psychosis, types of psychosis, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, schizoaffective disorder, depression, organic psychosis — 5 more, brief psychotic disorder, delusional disorder, treatment, family, recovery
Collection
General Mental Illness (GMI)
Status
Available

Open Minds Quarterly (Volume 14 Issue 3)

by Open Minds Quarterly
Magazine, 2012 Fall
Tags
medication, Lexapro, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, lived experience, personal account, Canadian, poetry, inspirational, art, essays — 2 more, fiction, mental illness
Collection
Magazines (MAG)
Series
Open Minds Quarterly (14.3)
Status
Checked out

Open Minds Quarterly: Rites of Passage (Vol 14 Issue 1)

by Open Minds Quarterly
Magazine, 2012 Spring
Tags
depression, mental illness, psychosis, schizophrenia, family, Canadian, art, poetry, creative writing, personal account, lived experience — 1 more, consumer survivor
Collection
Magazines (MAG)
Series
Open Minds Quarterly (14.1)
Status
Available

Open Minds Quarterly: Signs & Symptoms (Vol 20 Issue 4)

by Open Minds Quarterly
Magazine, 2019 Winter
Tags
symptoms, schizophrenia, lived experience, personal account, art, poetry, fiction, short stories, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD
Collection
Magazines (MAG)
Status
Checked out

Open Minds Quarterly: The value of work (Vol 14 Issue 4)

by Open Minds Quarterly
Magazine, 2013 Winter
Tags
work, schizophrenia, animals, jobs, employment, workplace, bipolar, fiction, poetry, inspirational, Canadian — 3 more, creative writing, consumer survivor, mental health
Collection
Magazines (MAG)
Series
Open Minds Quarterly (17.1)
Status
Available

Open Minds Quarterly: Have you changed someone's mind yet? (Vol 16 Issue 2)

by Open Minds Quarterly
Magazine, 2014 Summer
Tags
schizophrenia, mental health, mental illness, health education, Clara Hughes, photography, anti-stigma, Canadian, fiction, personal account, voices — 1 more, inspirational
Collection
Magazines (MAG)
Series
Open Minds Quarterly (16.2)
Status
Available

Open Minds Quarterly: Power of our thoughts (Vol 17 Issue 2)

by Open Minds Quarterly
Magazine, 2015 Summer
Tags
depression, paranoia, pain, schizophrenia, poetry, Canadian, creative writing, writing, narrative, personal account, mental illness — 2 more, consumer survivor, lived experience
Collection
Magazines (MAG)
Series
Open Minds Quarterly (17.2)
Status
Available

Back to Life, Back to Normality: Cognitive Therapy, Recovery and Psychosis

by Douglas Turkington
Paperback, 2009
Tags
cognitive therapy, psychosis, recovery, schizophrenia, families, caregiver, family, thoughts, thought record, paranoia, voices — 4 more, medication, treatment, action plan, antipsychotics
Collection
Schizophrenia (SCH)
Status
Available

The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays [FRC COPY]

by Esmé Weijun Wang
Paperback, 2019
Tags
Schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, diagnosis of schizophrenia, personal account, personal experience, high-functioning, mental illness, nonfiction, psychotic episodes, hope, inspiration — 2 more, lived experience, essays
Collection
Schizophrenia (SCH)
Status
Available

Schizophrenia An information guide [COPY #1 of 2]

by Debbie Ernest
Paper Book, 2017
Tags
camh, schizophrenia, causes of schizophrenia, Canadian, local author
Collection
Schizophrenia (SCH)
Status
Checked out

The Dissociative Identity Disorder Sourcebook (Sourcebooks)

by Deborah Bray Haddock
Paperback, 2001
Tags
dissociative identity disorder, DID, dissociation, trauma, mental illness, brain maturation, emotions, developmental issues, diagnosis, borderline personality disorder, schizophrenia — 12 more, treatment, therapy, internal conflict, fear, stress, medication, depression, anxiety, support group, coping mechanisms, communication, boundaries
Collections
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Family Resource Centre
Status
Available

When Quietness Came: A Neuroscientist's Personal Journey with Schizophrenia

by Erin Lynne Hawkes
Paperback, 2014
Tags
schizophrenia, suicide, psychosis, patient perspective, personal account, neuroscience, Canadian, physician, doctor, hallucinations, voices — 8 more, memoir, inspirational, resilience, mental illness, hospitalization, narrative, career, true story
Collection
Schizophrenia (SCH)
Status
Available

What A Life Can Be: One Therapist's Take on Schizo-Affective Disorder

by Carolyn Dobbins Phd
Paperback, 2011
Tags
schizophrenia, Schizo-Affective Disorder, patient perspective, personal account, physician, memoir, resilience, inspirational, mental illness, therapy, therapist — 2 more, narrative, true story
Collection
Schizophrenia (SCH)
Status
Available

Welcome Silence: My Triumph Over Schizophrenia

by Carol S. North
Paperback, 1990
Tags
schizophrenia, psychosis, hospital, voices, avoidance, silence, mental illness, sanity, recovery, psychiatrist, memoir — 4 more, dialysis, treatment program, career, narrative
Collection
Schizophrenia (SCH)
Status
Available

The Quiet Room: A Journey Out of the Torment of Madness

by Lori Schiller
Paperback, 1996
Tags
schizophrenia, memoir, hallucinations, suicide, resilience, inspirational, personal account, patient perspective, treatment, addiction, relapse — 6 more, recovery, mental illness, hospitalization, voices, narrative, true story
Collection
Schizophrenia (SCH)
Status
Available

Unfaithful Mind

by Marion Gibson
Paperback, 2013
Tags
schizophrenia, psychosis, hallucinations, mental illness, recovery, narrative, family, family support, family relationships, late-onset, psychiatrist — 5 more, voices, hospital, personal account, patient perspective, treatment
Collection
Schizophrenia (SCH)
Status
Available

The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness [FRC Copy #1 of 2]

by Elyn R. Saks
Paperback, 2008
Tags
schizophrenia, psychosis, narrative, memoir, hospitalization, suicide, medication, recovery, career, treatment, talk therapy — 6 more, education, lived experience, personal account, personal experience, consumer survivor, consumer experience
Collection
Schizophrenia (SCH)
Status
Available

Tales from a "Schizophrenic" Mind

by Kevin Vollick
Paperback, 2017
Tags
schizophrenia, patient perspective, mental illness, spirituality
Collection
Schizophrenia (SCH)
Status
Checked out

Supporting A Family Member With Schizophrenia: Practical Strategies For Daily Living [Copy #1 of 2]

by Sean Kidd
Paperback, 2017
Tags
schizophrenia, symptoms of schizophrenia, mental illness, executive functioning, family support, coping mechanisms, skills, interpersonal skills, environmental support, everyday living
Collection
Schizophrenia (SCH)
Status
Checked out

The Complete Family Guide to Schizophrenia: Helping Your Loved One Get the Most Out of Life

by Kim T. Mueser
Paperback, 2006
Tags
schizophrenia, guide, family support
Collection
Schizophrenia (SCH)
Status
Available
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