I Am Not Sick I Don't Need Help!,9780967718927

I Am Not Sick I Don't Need Help!

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Edition: 2nd
ISBN13: 9780967718927
ISBN10: 0967718929
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2006-05-31
Publisher(s): Rittenhouse Book Distributors
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Summary

An internationally sought-after speaker, he has been an NBC News Consultant and Today Show Contributor, and has appeared on many other programs as an expert in psychology: e.g., ABC World News Tonight, Good Morning America; CBS 60 Minutes; NBC Nightly News, Dateline; CNN, Fox News, Court TV, AE, and PBS among others. The New York Times, L.A. Times, USA Today, Washington Post, New Yorker, and many others have interviewed him. He has been called as an expert in the Unabomber, Elizabeth Smart Kidnapping, Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse, and Zacarias Moussaoui cases among others. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Dr. Xavier Amador, pictured here with his brother who has schizophrenia, is a Professor in Clinical Psychology at Teachers College Columbia University in New York City and is on the board of Directors of NAMI. He was co-chair of the last revision of the Psychotic Disorders section of the DSM-IV and has published over 100 scientific papers and six books.

Table of Contents

Foreword vii
Preface to the 1st Edition xi
Preface to the New Edition xv
Introduction xvii
Part I. The Truth about Denial of Illness
1(36)
A Common Problem
3(9)
Staying in the Game
12(9)
The Root of the Problem: Anosognosia
21(16)
Part II. How to Help
37(70)
The Right and Wrong Approach
38(8)
Learning to LEAP
46(4)
Listen
50(29)
Empathize
79(10)
Agree
89(10)
Partner
99(8)
Part III. What Should Happen Next
107(42)
Treatment
108(7)
When to Force Treatment
115(10)
How to Do It
125(12)
Dealing with the Betrayal
137(8)
The Surprise
145(4)
Acknowledgments 149(3)
Literature Cited 152(4)
Research on Cognitive Therapy for Schizophrenia 156(1)
Recommended Books 157(1)
Resources 158

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