Understanding Schizophrenia: A Guide to the New Research on Causes and Treatment

This text is provides the reader with an excellent layman's description of the illness and the potential and methods of treatment. An ideal text for patients or families, this may also serve as a comprehensive introduction for students.

I have started reading a few books on the subject, and this one complements the others. Positives/novelties include various experiences with the illness, told in form of stories, on different possibilities and courses of the illness for different people, and the human suffering, and comprehensive information on various aspects of the illness, and where to get help, etc. It provided answers to some of my specific questions such as the danger of violence from an ill person and how drugs may contribute to the illness, which I haven't found in other books.