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<p><br>This very personal exploration of schizophrenia explores each stage, from the early signs and reactions from friends and family to seeking help and the challenges of recovery. McLean bravely shares his paranoid delusions and offers both a verbal and a visual experience by including digital artwork he created to help objectify and control his impulses and fears. As McLean relates his experiences step by step, issues of sexuality, identity, and drug abuse are discussed, along with the overarching issues relating to mental health and the medical profession. Messages from online posters who either have suffered from mental illness or have cared for the mentally ill are included throughout, adding more perspectives to the author's personal experiences. This powerful combination of words and pictures provides a unique and poignant insight into a hidden, internal world.<br></p> <h3>Library Journal</h3> <p>McLean is one of the lucky: he journeyed through schizophrenia and survived relatively unscathed. This isn't to say that he didn't experience harrowing times, as voices relentlessly reprimanded him and secret messages defied his interpretive abilities. Nonetheless, with the patien

Who reads Recovered, Not Cured : a Journey Through Schizophrenia?

Author

Richard McLean

Publisher

Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd; Allen & Unwin

Published

2005

Language

EN

ISBN

9781865089744

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Medical, Memoir, Psychology

Rating

3.75 / 5 (113 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14