Losing Dad, Paranoid Schizophrenia - Amanda LaPera
- A Family's Search for Hope (10th Anniversary Edition)
Mental illness impacts an entire family. That's what Amanda and her family discover when her dad, at the age of fifty-three, develops paranoid schizophrenia. Shrouded by secrecy related to stigma, and confusion of a complicated medical system that hinders rather than helps, her family struggles to deal with her dad's mental illness and all of the ways in which it changes their lives. Under the delusion that he's a "Prophet of God," her dad cashes out his life savings and roams across thirty countries before he returns to the United States, homeless, and disappears.
A Benjamin Franklin Silver award-winner in psychology, Losing Dad, Paranoid Schizophrenia: A Family's Search for Hope is told through multiple perspectives: his wife, children, and own distorted perspective. It offers a glimpse into a world that will either feel familiar or shocking. To those affected by mental illness-You are not alone.
The foreword by Dr. Xavier Amador, Founder, LEAP Institute, Author of I am Not Sick, I Don't Need Help! explains the neurological condition of anosognosia. Includes supplemental materials including a discussion of laws, exclusive family interviews, photographs, and reading guide questions.
Losing Dad is a standalone book. If you would like additional information after reading, there is a follow-up book called Finding Dad, Paranoid Schizophrenia: An End to the Search by Amanda LaPera.
"Written with compassion, emotion, and insight ... with a hard-won emphasis on healing and hope, ... it offers a visceral, often heart-rending portrait chronicle, with welcome attention paid to the rippling effects of mental illness." -BookLife Reviews (Editor's Pick)
"hard-hitting, powerful ... highly recommended." -D. Donovan, Senior Reviewer, Midwest Book Review
"shows that behind every severe mental illness there is a human being." -Xavier Amador, Ph.D., Founder, LEAP Institute, Author, I am Not Sick, I Don't Need Help
"a uniquely powerful. deeply personal chronicle that will resonate with readers. Characterization is top-notch and intimate." -BookLife Prize
"will inspire and encourage loved ones not to give up hope even when getting help seems all but impossible." - Amy Raines for Readers' Favorite (Five-Star Review)
NATIONAL AWARD-WINNING BOOK
* IBPA Benjamin Franklin Silver Award in Psychology
* Readers' Favorite Award Finalist in Non-Fiction - Grief/Hardship
* Publishers Weekly BookLife Prize Quarter-Finalist
EAN: 9780986247132
Mental illness impacts an entire family. That's what Amanda and her family discover when her dad, at the age of fifty-three, develops paranoid schizophrenia. Shrouded by secrecy related to stigma, and confusion of a complicated medical system that hinders rather than helps, her family struggles to deal with her dad's mental illness and all of the ways in which it changes their lives. Under the delusion that he's a "Prophet of God," her dad cashes out his life savings and roams across thirty countries before he returns to the United States, homeless, and disappears.
A Benjamin Franklin Silver award-winner in psychology, Losing Dad, Paranoid Schizophrenia: A Family's Search for Hope is told through multiple perspectives: his wife, children, and own distorted perspective. It offers a glimpse into a world that will either feel familiar or shocking. To those affected by mental illness-You are not alone.
The foreword by Dr. Xavier Amador, Founder, LEAP Institute, Author of I am Not Sick, I Don't Need Help! explains the neurological condition of anosognosia. Includes supplemental materials including a discussion of laws, exclusive family interviews, photographs, and reading guide questions.
Losing Dad is a standalone book. If you would like additional information after reading, there is a follow-up book called Finding Dad, Paranoid Schizophrenia: An End to the Search by Amanda LaPera.
"Written with compassion, emotion, and insight ... with a hard-won emphasis on healing and hope, ... it offers a visceral, often heart-rending portrait chronicle, with welcome attention paid to the rippling effects of mental illness." -BookLife Reviews (Editor's Pick)
"hard-hitting, powerful ... highly recommended." -D. Donovan, Senior Reviewer, Midwest Book Review
"shows that behind every severe mental illness there is a human being." -Xavier Amador, Ph.D., Founder, LEAP Institute, Author, I am Not Sick, I Don't Need Help
"a uniquely powerful. deeply personal chronicle that will resonate with readers. Characterization is top-notch and intimate." -BookLife Prize
"will inspire and encourage loved ones not to give up hope even when getting help seems all but impossible." - Amy Raines for Readers' Favorite (Five-Star Review)
NATIONAL AWARD-WINNING BOOK
* IBPA Benjamin Franklin Silver Award in Psychology
* Readers' Favorite Award Finalist in Non-Fiction - Grief/Hardship
* Publishers Weekly BookLife Prize Quarter-Finalist
EAN: 9780986247132