How to Become a Schizophrenic

...demonstrates the physical psychological and social harm resulting from the label schizophrenic and the continuous need to reexamine the underpinnings and attitudes of psychiatry.</p><br>-<i>Booklist</i></br> <p>Of all the books written about schizophrenia...none is more comprehensive accurate thorough and clearer in style and statement than John Modrow's classic <i>How to Become a Schizophrenic</i>. Modrow who is a recovered schizophrenic and is perhaps the unrecognized and unappreciated world's foremost authority on this disorder has performed a truly invaluable service and has made the major contribution to our understanding of the causes and cures of this pseudodisease.</p><br>-Robert A Baker Ph.D. former chairman of the Department of Psychology University of Kentucky; author of <i>They Call It Hypnosis Hidden Memories: Voices and Visions from Within and Mind Games: Are We Obsessed with Therapy?</i></br><p>One of the best things I've read on the subject...I am struck by the richness of the ideas and the research and the soundness of the conclusions.</p><br>-Peter Breggin M.D. founder and director of the International Center for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology; author of <i>Toxic Psychiatry and Talking Back to Prozac</i></br><p>...a very important contribution to the field.</p><br>-Theodore Lidz M.D. former chairman of the Department of Psychiatry Yale University; author of <i>The Origin and Treatment of Schizophrenic Disorders and Schizophrenia and the Family</i></br><p>...well researched and easily readable (a difficult combination to achieve)!</p><br>-Judi Chamberlin author of <i>On Our Own: Patient-Controlled Alternatives to the Mental Health System</i></br><p>...meticulously challenges all the major research that claims that schizophrenia is a biological disorder.</p><br>-Ty C. Colbert Ph.D. author of <i>Broken Brains or Wounded Hearts: What Causes Mental Illness</i></br><p>Before reading the book I was largely convinced that schizophrenia was primarily a brain disease. Modrow has forced me to take a second look however and reconsider the psychological causes of the condition.</p><br>-<i>The Vancouver Sun</i></br><p>...it is ennobling that despite bad and discouraging treatment he was able to understand himself and others and share that acquired knowledge in an accurate and helpful way.</p><br>-Bertram P. Karon PhD. professor of clinical psychology Michigan State University; author of <i>Psychotherapy of Schizophrenia</i></br><p>...gives clear proof that there's real hope. Truly a remarkable book!</p><br>-Alan Caruba <i>Bookviews</i></br>