Schizophrenia: A Brother Finds Answers in Biological Science

202 Pages·2013·1.74 MB·English

by  Ronald Chase

SCHIZOPHRENIA
SCHIZOPHRENIA
A Brother Finds Answers in Biological Science
Ronald Chase
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Neuropsychiatry. I. Title.
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For Zanna and Aaron
They too are siblings
Contents
Acknowledgments
Prologue
1 Innocence on the Road to Los Angeles (1948)
2 Who Gets Schizophrenia and Why?
3 Dining with Tension (1956)
4 Which Genes Cause Schizophrenia?
5 A Consultation with Dr. Held (1957)
6 Which Aspects of the Environment Cause Schizophrenia?
7 Breakdown in Westwood Village (1958)
8 Why Does Schizophrenia Begin in Late Adolescence?
9 Two State Hospitals (1959–1960)
10 What Are the Treatment Options?
11 A Conversation in a Park (1963)
12 Is Mental Illness in the Mind or in the Brain?
13 The Villa and the Ambassador (1982)
14 Why Is Schizophrenia Stigmatized?
15 Strolling the Boardwalk at Hermosa Beach (1993)
16 Just What Is Schizophrenia, Anyway?
17 Libraries and Literature (1995)
18 When Did Schizophrenia First Appear, and Why Doesn’t It Go Away?
19 Jim’s Final Days (1998–1999)
20 What Happens to People with Schizophrenia through the Years?
21 Reflections
Epilogue
Notes
Glossary
Suggested Readings
Index
Acknowledgments
I thank Irving Gottesman, Ph.D., Andrew Shaner, M.D., and Rajiv
Tandon, M.D., who provided me with valuable suggestions after reading an early
version of the manuscript. Many thanks also to Jacqueline Wehmueller of the
Johns Hopkins University Press for her enthusiasm, good judgment, and superb
editing. My wife, Dorothy Chase, encouraged me and, in so many other ways,
kept me going.
SCHIZOPHRENIA