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Description Schizoaffective disorder is a condition which shares symptoms with both bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, and which affects as many as 1 in 200 people - 0.5% of the population. Surprisingly, there have been few books written about schizoaffective disorder, and even fewer aimed at the general reader.Until now. Schizoaffective Disorder Simplified is your comprehensive and up-to-date guide to schizoaffective disorder, featuring an introduction to the condition, its symptoms, its treatment and various ways that people can learn to manage their illness, as well as a series of helpful worksheets for people with schizoaffective disorder. Aimed at the general reader, whether you have schizoaffective disorder, care for someone with the illness or just have a curious interest in the subject, this book will answer all your questions about schizoaffective disorder, and give you an insight into what it is like to live with mania, depression and psychosis. About the AuthorMartine Daniel was born in York in 1981. From a young age, she knew she wanted to be a writer, and whilst at secondary school she would often be caught scribbling stories in the back of exercise books during lessons. Her dreams of seeing her name in print never dimmed, despite her life being turned upside down by episodes of mania, depression and psychosis during her late teens and early twenties.In 2003 the pressures of a stressful job brought on an episode of psychotic mania, which led to the breakdown that ended her hopes of a career in bookselling, following which Martine was finally forced into contact with local mental health services. With the help of medication and the support of her family, she began to pick up the pieces of her life and started work on her first novel The Fire in Your Eyes (published 2009), juggling work on the novel with her studies with The Open University. Her second novel, Legacy of Lies, the sequel to The Fire in Your Eyes, and her third novel, Wading the Waters of my Mind, were both published in 2010. Martine is a keen supporter of the Time to Change campaign and hopes that her writing can help to put an end to the stigma of mental illness.

DescriptionThe Sunset Child is an artefact of psychedelic science preserved from the authors early boyhood. It emerged upon the passing of the authors father and seems to contain a moment in life when the author was beautiful, long before his mental illness. The work has been framed in an adult way as a short fiction so that some of its themes can be explored through our own contemporary eyes.About the AuthorJohn Tucker was born in London in 1982. He graduated from Lancaster University in 2009 and is now based in Cumbria at the foot of the oldest fell, Black Combe.

DescriptionSoundcloud Rain is a book of songs that is fit for the digital age where music can be stored to the air. Its like the Pied Piper of Hamlin for a new musical world. Though the guitar parts and melodies are not disclosed you can be sure what you have here is a musical treasure. .About the AuthorJohn Tucker was born in London in 1982. He graduated from Lancaster University in 2009 and is now based in Cumbria at the foot of the oldest fell, Black Combe.

This book is addressed to the 18th century English Romantic poet and artist, William Blake. Blake is well known for his illuminated books, including Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience, and his epic poems, including Milton and Jerusalem. Born in 1757, Blake went to art school at early age. After some time as an apprentice to artist working for the Society of Antiquities, Blake was admitted to the Royal Academy, and exhibited there in 1780. In 1782 Blake married Catherine Boucher, whom he taught how to write and draw. With a career as an artist and poet well underway, Blake took the fateful decision to move from London to Felpham. After an incident with a solder in his front garden, Blake was charged with High Treason, a charge Blake defeated while defending himself. This book is written in poetic prose and follows Blake's work and life to some extent, but mainly uses Blake to formulate poetic brevities to advance the flow of this work addressed to William Blake.Paul Fearne holds a PhD from Latrobe University, and a Masters degree in the philosophy of art on beauty from the University of Melbourne. His poetry has appeared widely, in Westerly, Australian Poetry Journal, Mascara Literary Review, Snorkel, Unusual Work and Stylus, amongst others. Fearne's first book was launched at the 2010 Melbourne Writer's Festival, and he was then interviewed on Radio National around the country. Fearne's interest in 18th / 19th century letters follows up from his last book on Lord Byron, and books on French poets, Paul Verlaine, Mallarme, Baudelaire and Rimbaud.

DescriptionA down to earth recollection of growing up in a Middlesex town, education through numerous schools as part of his childhood and the tragic loss of his mother at the age of 54. Covering the battles faced with his education disruption, a severe mental depression and depersonalization and derealization which was not diagnosed until 5 or 6 years later, then followed the battle to rebuild his mind completely after finally being treated. This is a truthful honest account of his fight back from a crippling and debilitating mental depression spanning over 6 years, plus a very severe mental disorder which was untreated or diagnosed, it also covers his fight back to learn how to retrain his mind using his original personality from before he became ill to get back to the person he was, it took years to regain both confidence and self esteem and re-establish himself back into society.About the authorCharles Mealing was born in 1959 and he lived in Middlesex in his childhood until he and his father moved to Kent after the death of his mother who lost her life at the young age of 54 due to Cancer. He has a sister who is older than him by 8 years who now lives in East Anglia. Charles has never had any previous mental health problems but was later diagnosed with high blood pressure which runs in the family.

DescriptionA bazaar series of events in different parts of the world leads a CIA special agent to unravel the truth, which changes the paradigm for him and the world. Only one question needs an answer: Does the CIA agent believe the truth..About the AuthorBorn in London, England and as a child, he lived in Australia and America and went to school in America. At 16, he Joined the Bideford School of Art studying life drawing and painting. He finds a lot of inspiration from many different genres in art and life.Studied at Plymouth and Sunderland Universities gaining a MSc in Software Engineering (Artificial Intelligence) and BSc Hons in Computing.

Author Biography. 'The darker the night, the brighter the stars.'- Dostoevsky. Nigel was born in autumn 1959. His life has been 'colourful' or 'chequered' depending on whom you ask. His GP of some decades has said 'writing and studying are your therapy, Nigel. They are what saved you.' He left home for the counterculture as a child and was subsequently placed in the 'Care' of the County Council but was soon transferred to the psychiatric system where he has been since in one manifestation or another. However, in 1988 he began studying at the Open University where his first undergraduate degree was in Political and Social Science, he received a 2:1 and his biological parents attended the graduation, his father saying: 'This is the greatest day of my life.' However, he would then experience a close call after a toxic state caused by prescribed medication. This set him upon another path academically, although he had written creatively from a very early age. Consequently, he gained a BA in Humanities with Creative Writing 2:1. Then a Master of Arts in English with Merit and a Master of Arts in Creative Writing with Merit last academic year.

'The darker the night, the brighter the stars.'- Dostoevsky. Nigel was born in the autumn, of 1959. His life has been 'colourful' or 'chequered' depending on whom you ask. His GP of some decades has said 'writing and studying are your therapy, Nigel. They are what saved you.' He left home for the counterculture as a child and was subsequently placed in the 'Care' of the County Council but was soon transferred to the psychiatric system where he has been since in one manifestation or another. However, in 1988 he began studying at the Open University where his first undergraduate degree was in Political and Social Science, he received a 2:1 and his biological parents attended the graduation, his father saying: 'This is the greatest day of my life.' However, he would then experience a close call after a toxic state caused by prescribed medication. This set him on another path academically, although he had written creatively from a very early age. Consequently, he gained a BA in Humanities with Creative Writing 2:1. Then a Master of Arts in English with Merit, and a Master of Arts in Creative Writing with Merit last academic year. He will begin a brand-new Master of Arts in English Literature in September.

'The darker the night, the brighter the stars.'- Dostoevsky. Nigel was born in the autumn, of 1959. His life has been 'colourful' or 'chequered' depending on whom you ask. His GP of some decades has said 'writing and studying are your therapy, Nigel. They are what saved you.' He left home for the counterculture as a child and was subsequently placed in the 'Care' of the County Council but was soon transferred to the psychiatric system where he has been since in one manifestation or another. However, in 1988 he began studying at the Open University where his first undergraduate degree was in Political and Social Science, he received a 2:1 and his biological parents attended the graduation, his father saying: 'This is the greatest day of my life.' However, he would then experience a close call after a toxic state caused by prescribed medication. This set him on another path academically, although he had written creatively from a very early age. Consequently, he gained a BA in Humanities with Creative Writing 2:1. Then a Master of Arts in English with Merit, and a Master of Arts in Creative Writing with Merit last academic year. He will begin a brand-new Master of Arts in English Literature in September.

I know not of the veracity of the contents of this book because I am but a poet.This book is an attempt to create thematic continuity within a generic division into memoir, prose-fiction, and poetry, as is the tendency with memoirs in the postmodern epoch it is fragmented. Having said that all the material of whatever genre has a material base in 'lived experience', but it is also the work of a creative mind. Therefore, it is for the reader to engage. As Jean-Paul Sartre argued in What is LiteratureThe dialectic is nowhere more apparent than in theart of writing for the literary object is a peculiar topthis exists only in movement. To make it comeinto view a concrete act called reading is necessary,and it lasts only as this act lasts. Beyond that, there are only black marks on the paper.- Sartre (2010) What is Literature, p. 29.Nigel was born in autumn 1959. His life has been 'colourful' or 'chequered' depending on whom you ask. His GP of some decades has said 'writing and studying are your therapy, Nigel. They are what saved you.' He left home for the counterculture as a child and was subsequently placed in the 'Care' of the County Council but was soon transferred to the psychiatric system where he has been since in one manifestation or another. However, in 1988 he began studying at the Open University where his first undergraduate degree was in Political and Social Science, he received a 2:1 and his biological parents attended the graduation, his father saying: 'This is the greatest day of my life.' However, he would then experience a close call after a toxic state caused by prescribed medication. This set him upon another path academically, although he had written creatively from a very early age. Consequently, he gained a BA in Humanities with Creative Writing 2:1. Then a Master of Arts in English with Merit and a Master of Arts in Creative Writing with Merit last academic year.

'The darker the night, the brighter the stars.'- Dostoevsky. Nigel was born in autumn 1959. His life has been 'colourful' or 'chequered' depending on whom you ask. His GP of some decades has said 'writing and studying are your therapy, Nigel. They are what saved you.' He left home for the counterculture as a child and was subsequently placed in the 'Care' of the County Council but was soon transferred to the psychiatric system where he has been since in one manifestation or another. However, in 1988 he began studying at the Open University where his first undergraduate degree was in Political and Social Science, he received a 2:1 and his biological parents attended the graduation, his father saying: 'This is the greatest day of my life.' However, he would then experience a close call after a toxic state caused by prescribed medication. This set him upon another path academically, although he had written creatively from a very early age. Consequently, he gained a BA in Humanities with Creative Writing 2:1. Then a Master of Arts in English with Merit and a Master of Arts in Creative Writing with Merit last academic year.

'The darker the night, the brighter the stars.'- Dostoevsky. Nigel was born in autumn 1959. His life has been 'colourful' or 'chequered' depending on whom you ask. His GP of some decades has said 'writing and studying are your therapy, Nigel. They are what saved you.' He left home for the counterculture as a child and was subsequently placed in the 'Care' of the County Council but was soon transferred to the psychiatric system where he has been since in one manifestation or another. However, in 1988 he began studying at the Open University where his first undergraduate degree was in Political and Social Science, he received a 2:1 and his biological parents attended the graduation, his father saying: 'This is the greatest day of my life.' However, he would then experience a close call after a toxic state caused by prescribed medication. This set him upon another path academically, although he had written creatively from a very early age. Consequently, he gained a BA in Humanities with Creative Writing 2:1. Then a Master of Arts in English with Merit and a Master of Arts in Creative Writing with Merit last academic year.

DescriptionThis book narrates a unique story of the onset of my illness of schizophrenia.I was forced out into the night and had to escape many dangers both real and imaginary. It provides a vivid account of what the illness is like and how terrible the experience was. It is a story of trying to survive against terrifying odds and is able to get this across despite was is said that schizoprehenia is an unimageable nightmare.About the AuthorMy biographical history is very much dominated by schizophrenia which began at age 21. I had just graduated from university and starting a PhD. course in political philosophy. I had to give up my PhD. after a five year struggle with the illness due to a lack of information to hand about what hearing voices actually is.

This book covers a variety of topics. These include urban life, health and wellbeing, alcohol abuse, breakdown of a relationship, war and politics and a lot more besides. The author has moved on from his last book which was more about prison, hospital and the army to try and give his perspective on what he sees as normal life.Andrew Aldred is an ex-soldier and Falklands veteran. He became ill in the army and suffered a twenty year psychotic illness resulting in ten years in hospital. He suffers from depression, paranoia and a bipolar condition. His illness is treatable and he has come out of hospital some years ago and come off his Home Office section. He has held various jobs and currently works at Prestwich Hospital assisting in running Creative Writing and ICT courses. He has recently split up with his wife and partner of the last eight years and is currently getting divorced.

Author's Biography Edward was born on the Greek island of Rhodes in 1983 and is currently based in Yorkshire, England. Since 2004 a being named Madaba has been communicating with him. Because of this he has been diagnosed as being Schizophrenic. On one level he accepts this diagnosis and on another he rejects it. About This Book This book is a roadmap. It shows us a simple way to a better future. It constitutes anecdotal evidence for what is known as "The Simulation Hypothesis" being correct. It may also be of interest to those who want to understand what it is like to have Schizophrenia...

DescriptionThe Book depicts the life of Fred Mletzko, an accomplished Coast Guard Officer and High School Math Teacher and Coach, who, despite struggling with OCD, has achieved numerous goals and had many interesting experiences throughout his life. His example will offer those with OCD hope for the future.About the AuthorFred Mletzko graduated from his class at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy and received his diploma from the President of the United States. He won numerous military awards as an Officer in the Coast Guard. He also taught High School and was honored as Teacher of the Year and Coach of the Year. He has dealt with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder for most of his life and has been able to accomplish numerous goals and have many positive experiences despite his disability.Book ExtractIt should have been the best day of my life. It was a beautiful afternoon. Sunny, a few clouds, temperatures in the 70's, and a slight breeze. I had worked obsessively for six years for this day. "The Captain" as I would be referred to from that day on. The day I take command of a Coast Guard Cutter, one of the toughest, most responsible and stressful jobs that exist. It's 1992. We're tied up at the pier in Norfolk, VA. Unfortunately, my mind is obsessed with the fear of catching Aids. This was not a "normal" fear as I was not in a high risk group. I had taken this particular fear to extreme lengths due to what I would soon be diagnosed with OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disor-der). I got tested monthly and washed my hands constantly.

We all have experiences during the last year that leave our mouths gaping to say something when all that comes out is so much hot air. There are simply no words to describe the alienation from everyone and everything that has been experienced by one and all. Therefore, I wrote this story thinking of the somewhat unique nature of this miserable year.The setting for the story is Colombia, mainly because I know about this country and its different way of seeing. Colombia has been through so much humiliation and scorn due to its well known problems in dealing with illicit drugs, so I figured its response to the virus could be exemplary. I believe it has been and is thus a good setting for the story of Violeta and the Three Monsters.Colombians have learned that when all else fails, it is time to take the word of public health authorities, as they know what they are doing. It has done just that. I am most proud of their response: it makes good sense and everyone has profited from it. For example, we have worn facemasks from the very beginning of the pandemic here in March 2020, and still do. It makes beautiful sense, but try telling that to someone who knows everything already. Mostly, one is left with one's mouth open in bewilderment. The name of Violeta came from the illustrator who knows young people and art and flowers, such as violets. When the monsters are known to be invisible it presents a challenge that I am not sure I addressed well enough, but the Illustrator did. My hat is off to her, and her drawings are captivating.

by Gerard KieltyISBN: 978 1 84747 000 3 Published: 2006Pages:244 Description WHY DOCTORS DON'T MAKE YOU HEALTHY! CURE YOUR HEALTH PROBLEMS THE SIMPLE 'DRUG FREE' WAY!Mr GERARD KIELTY I.R.B. I.D.E. a Harley Street specialist has written this true, explosive, controversial and highly informative book about his work in the field of FOOD INTOLERANCE. The book is packed with all the information you need to become seriously healthy within weeks. This fascinating book will change the face of medicine forever as it explains in a down to earth and simple to understand way just how we are all poisoning ourselves each and everyday with basic food items. Heroin grows in the ground, well so does a lettuce!.so why is this not a drug also? It is a drug!.everything that enters our body is a drug to our brain and will have a positive or negative effect 'on' our brain. Mr Kielty explains how more than 50 different health problems can be easily cured by avoiding the foods (drugs) that cause them in the first place. Having scanned some 10,000 patients over the last 10 years. Mr Kielty has identified and written about the major culprits, the 'everyday' foods that generally cause most health problems. His book highlights many different health problems and explains how and why they happen, he also provides extracts from numerous testimonial letters to support his claims. His book also explains in great depth the considerable resistance that exists within the medical profession, the drug companies and many government agencies throughout the world to this advanced 'drug free' path to good health. The sale of medication makes vast fortunes each and every year for those that dispense it and for governments that trawl in vast sums in taxes on the products, so they're not about to change anything. Also, no government wants a country full of healthy pensioners...there of little use and expensive.remember: "once you stop paying taxes the government have to pay you!"Many question are asked also of the governing bodies within the medical profession: questions such as "Why are they happy to allow doctors to continue to make mistakes on a daily basis and kill more than 40,000 patients a year (107 a day) through incompetence?" Mr Kielty has proved beyond doubt that 80% of everyday health problems are easily cured 'without' drugs, all that's required is to find the cause of a problem and remove it. Everybody on this planet suffers with Food Intolerance to some degree (this is a completely different thing to an Allergy) and when you poison your brain with 'drugs' called food it then gives you problems in return. It's your brain that runs your body not your taste buds or stomach, so don't give your brain a problem and it won't give you one. Within a month or so of reading this book and following the advice given you will find that a great deal of your current health problems will have either improved dramatically or cleared up altogether. About the Author Born in Southern Ireland in 1947 I had a tough but exciting childhood. One of 11 children brought up in Portobello Road in the centre of London by hardworking and caring parents. My mum and dad were far from rich but they more than made up for that with the love they gave to each of us. In those days my idea of a treat was an Orange in my Xmas stocking and once a year if I was lucky a trip to the seaside. As time went on many of us children were bright enough to go to university but for us that was only a dream, what little money there was went into feeding and clothing the family and trying to keep up with the many other household bills. GERARD KIELTY I.R.B; I.D.E.

Description This book is one young man's look the world, or worlds which he experiences, internal and external, heavenly and earthly and everything in-between. Shaffer's lens allows the reader different angles from the norm, different interpretations of our everyday 21st century society.He hopes to leave us all "touched by madness", if not fully fledged, card carrying mad men.About the AuthorEvan Shaffer has suffered from schizoaffective disorder since high school. Following several years of alternating suicidal depressions, paranoid delusions, and manic psychosis, he found his voice as a writer and wrote "For Madmen Only: Adventures of a Writer" - the picturesque story of his experiences with mental illness and development as a writer. He recently received a Masters degree in Library and Information Science from Syracuse University. However, he is struggling to establish a career as a full-time writer.

Description This is a life changing story about Mommy Frog who lives in a land called Lily Pad Pond. She does not live a very healthy lifestyle and is finding out that this is not very good for her. Throughout the story, Mommy Frog starts to become very depressed and does not feel as happy as she once did. One day, she courageously decides to seek out help for her sad feelings, and finds out that if she follows that advice of her councilor, anything is possible, even happiness. Mommy Frog does what it takes in order to feel better. Doors open for her in the most unbelievable ways. Now she has a story to tell her son. About the AuthorTamara was born on June 18th, 1976 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She graduated high school, excelling in English studies as well as Creative Writing classes. Tamara went on to study as an English major in St Catherines, Ontario at Brock University. She was ready to complete her second year exams in English when she was brought down by her mental illness, schizoaffective disorder. Tamara was hospitalized, and not able to finish her degree. Since then, Tamara has always wanted to bring mental illness into the awareness of the public, in hopes that she could, one day, diminish the stigma and stereotypes that are attached to these disorders.