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Title: The Voices of Robby Wilde by Elizabeth Kytle, Robert Coles ISBN: 0-8203-1715-2 Publisher: University of Georgia Press Pub. Date: April, 1995 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The Interior Life of a Paranoid Schizophrenia
Comment: From the beginning I might as well say that I also was once diagnosed as a schizophrenic, even for a few days as a paranoid schizophrenic, and so the subject of this particular book strikes close to my heart, although I must add that I never had the experience of hearing voices. This book is an absolutely realistic recreation of the mind of a person who experiences schizophrenia. I have never come across a book that has done this so effectively. Through Robby's voice the author, Elizabeth Kytle, presents some of the prime features of life with schizophrenia; for example, 1. the extreme sense of social anxiety; 2 the social immaturity; 3. the confusion over sexual identity and fear of sexual contact; 4.the deep and profound, though constantly thwarted, need to belong; 5. the awareness that what you are doing and thinking is somehow extremely inappropriate combined with the need to spend intense energy disguising that inappropriateness; and finally, 6. the establishment of a barricade to protect yourself from other people, which eventually becomes a prison. One of the most effective techniques Elizabeth Kytle uses in this book is to have Robby narrate a portion of his life, and then have another friend, relative, teacher, colleague or employer then narrate a parallel section covering the same period of time, yet reflecting a different perspective on the same events. Research has shown that shizophrenia is caused by a complicated interaction between genetic and environmental influences--40% is probably genetic while the environment contributes the remaining 60%. This book does an excellent job of showing the interaction between these two elements to the point where Robby ended up in a psychiatric hospital with a full fledged case of schizophrenia. Overall, at the end of this book, I was wholly impressed with Robby's courage and ingenuity in facing an extremely destructive mental illness. We are also called to examine our own attitudes towards what those who have serious mental illness can and cannot do. It was clear that Robby, despite the severity of his illness, was a far more capable employee than others who weren't mentally ill. If only employers had been willing to work with his diability, he could have ended his life with some self-respect and dignity. In conclusion, I've read many books on mental illness, particularly in the area of memoir, and this is pretty well the best I've read thus far.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent; heartfelt and honest
Comment: I am writing a paper on Paranoid Schizophrenia and found this to be an excellent story. I didn't know a lot about Schizophrenia before I read this book and it helped me to understand the diagnoses and the various hardships that Schizophrenics have to face, both mentally and socially. Much better than any textbook on mental disorders, this story is not only entertaining but educational as well. Highly recommended!
Rating: 5
Summary: Good true story
Comment: This is a thought provoking true story about Mental Illness.. Robby was handsome, charming, bright, friendly and hard working, yet angry,desolate, alone in a crowd. No one could save this wonderful man. Mental Illness is an illness of the brain, just as heart trouble is an illness of the heart. We need to accept it more.
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Title: Quiet Room, The:A Journey Out of the Torment of Madness by A. Lori/Bennett Schiller ISBN: 0446671339 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 January, 1996 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Is There No Place on Earth for Me? by Susan Sheehan ISBN: 0394713788 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 12 May, 1983 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Five Lost Years: A Personal Exploration of Schizophrenia by Christina Alexandra, John Paul Brady ISBN: 1883938465 Publisher: Dry Bones Press Pub. Date: January, 2000 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Autobiography of a Schizophrenic Girl: The True Story of "Renee" by Marguerite Sechehaye, Grace Rubin-Rabson, Renee ISBN: 0452011337 Publisher: Meridian Books Pub. Date: November, 1994 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: The Day the Voices Stopped: A Schizophrenic's Journey from Madness to Hope by Ken Steele, Claire Berman ISBN: 0465082270 Publisher: Basic Books Pub. Date: 07 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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