Divided Minds: Twin Sisters and Their Journey Through Schizophrenia by Carolyn Spiro, Pamela Spiro Wagner Summary and Reviews
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Book Review: Understanding Schizophrenia
Summary: 5 Stars
I decided to read Divided Minds after searching Amazon for a layman's book about schizophrenia. Specifically, I wanted to understand why homeless people on the street, who suffer from schizophrenia, avoid medication and hospitalization, and end up estranged from family and friends. Although the book does not focus on homelessness, it gave me an eye-opening understanding of the disease and its impact on its sufferers and their families. I finally understood why the people we sometimes see on the street "talking to themselves" are in fact hearing the voices of others that are a constant and terrible distraction of their daily lives, that medication is far from a cure-all and has debilitating side effects to boot, and that sufferers of the disease often must fight a lonely battle against an awesome enemy, for the disease often leads to the victim's estrangement from family, friends and society at large. I commend both authors for their willingness to share their personal, harrowing story and to do so in the context of a beautifully written and extremely moving book.
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