Massachusetts General Hospital

Additional Resources

Websites

For General Information:

• Medscape Schizophrenia Resource Center
• National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
• The Schizophrenia Homepage
• Schizophrenia Digest
• Open the Doors - Information in 8 different languages
• Early Psychosis Prevention and Education Centre, Australia
• "Our Readers' lives with Schizophrenia" – British Columbia Schizophrenia Society
• National Institute of Mental Health
• National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression
• Psychosis Sucks - Fraser Health Early Psychosis Intervention (EPI) Program website
• Psychosis Support for Parents

For Medication Information:

• http://consumer.pdr.net

Books

For Information/Support:

• Amador, X. (2000). I am Not Sick. I Don’t Need Help! Helping the Seriously Mentally Ill Accept Treatment. Peconic: Vida Press.
• Dickens, R. & Marsh, D. (Eds.). (1994). Anguished Voices: Siblings and Adult Children of Persons with Psychiatric Disabilities. Boston: Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Sargent College of Allied Health Professions.
• Gottesman, I.I. (1990). Schizophrenia Genesis: The Origins of Madness. New York: Henry Holt and Company.
• Keefe, R.S.E. & Harvey, P.D. (1994). Understanding Schizophrenia. New York: Free Press.
• Marsh, D.T. & Dickens, R. (1997) How to Cope with Mental Illness in Your Family: A Self Care Guide for Siblings, Offspring, and Parents. New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher/ Putnam.
• Mueser, K.T. & Gingerich, S. (1994). Coping with Schizophrenia: A Manual for Families, Consumers, and Providers. New Harbinger Publications.
• Temes, R. (2002). Getting Your Life Back Together When You Have Schizophrenia. New Harbinger Publications.
• Torrey, E.F. (1995). Surviving Schizophrenia: A Manual for Families, Consumers, and Providers. New York: Harper Collins Publishers, Inc.
• Woolis, R. (1992). When Someone You Love Has a Mental Illness: A Handbook for Families and Friends. New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher/ Putnam.

For Teenagers:

• Friedman, M. (2000). Everything You Need to Know about Schizophrenia. New York: The Rosen Publishing Group.

Autobiographies:

• Schiller, L., & Bennett, A. (1996). The Quiet Room : A Journey Out of the Torment of Madness. New York: Warner Books Inc.
• Simon, C. (1997). Mad House: Growing up in the Shadow of Mentally Ill Siblings. New York: Penguin Books.
• Olson, L.S. (1994). He Was Still My Daddy. Portland: Ogden House Publishing Co.
• Sexton, L.G. (1994). Searching for Mercy Street: My Journey Back to My Mother. Boston: Little Brown & Co.