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by Abram Hoffer, M. D„ Ph. D. &Humphry Osmond, M.R.C.S., D. P. M. This book is addressed to the broad public. to report an important breakthrough in medicine and psychiatry $5.95 SUB byAbramHo!fer. M. D.f Ph. D. 6HumphryOsmond, M.R.C.S., D. P. M. This book is addressed to the broad pub- lic to report an important breakthrough in medicine. Treatment of several hundred schizophrenic patients, during twelve years, proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that niacin or nicotinic acid speeds improve- ment and recovery of schizophrenics and keeps them out of hospitals. Among acute cases diagnosed in early stages the effect of niacin is usually dramatic and profound. Full recoveries are often made in a few months, hospitalized cases become well enough for out-patient care, chronic mental patients of years standing can sometimes fully recover, and extremely serious cases are improved. Working with other scientists, the authors have established that schizophrenia is basically a physical illness caused primarily by disturbances in the biochemical balance of the body and that this is determined by genetic disposition. Evidence has accumulated that schizo- phrenia may be due to a defective adrenal metabolism which results in production of a subtle poison in the blood of its victims. Continued on back flap ftfi*^ 7/ Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2012 http://archive.org/details/howtolivewithschOOhoff HOW TO LIVE WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA HOW TO WITH by With a Foreword by UNIVERSITY BOOKS LIVE SCHIZOPHRENIA ABRAM HOFFER, M. D. Director of Psychiatric Research, Department of Public Health, Saskatchewan and HUMPHRY OSMOND, M. R. C. S. Director, Bureau of Research in Neurology and Psychiatry, New Jersey Neuro-Psychiatric Institute, Princeton, New Jersey, U. S. A. Nolan D. C. Lewis, M. D. NEW HYDE PARK, NEW YORK Third Printing: August, 1969 Library of Congress Card Number: 66-13609 ©1966 University Books, Inc. Manufactured in the United States of America CONTENTS FOREWORD Vll author's preface xi I. So You Have Schizophrenia? i II. What is Schizophrenia? i i Schizophrenia and stress — Stress and the sexfactor — Is schizophrenia inherited? — Physical changes-un- desirable — Physical changes - desirable — Psycho- logical changes — Warning signs — How the changes come about — Self-diagnosis. III. Causes of Schizophrenia 47 Biochemical hypotheses — Psychologicalfactors — con- tributing causes — Evidencefor the perceptual theory in schizophrenia — Sociological factors. IV. Comprehensive Theory of Schizophrenia 83 Inheritance — Biochemical changes — Psychological changes — Perceptual changes — Mood — Fatigue — Social factors — Description of schizophrenia coming on in various periods of life. V. Treatment of Schizophrenia 121 Treatment program — Chronic schizophrenia — Nicotinic acid — Other treatments — The treatment team. VI. Preventing Schizophrenia 163 List of Authorities Mentioned 167 Recommended Reading 171 Index 173 PUBLISHER'S NOTE This book is written for schizophrenics and their families and the interested lay public. Hence it usually provides none of the references to page and chapter in the medical literature. Those who wish to know the scientific literature relating to the subject of this book may consult the following works: NIACIN THER- APY AND PSYCHIATRY, by Abram Hoffer, Ph.D., M.D., published by Charles C. Thomas, Springfield, Illinois. This book gives the results of the clinical trial of massive doses of niacin on schizophrenics begun in 1952. Over one hundred case histories are cited. NICOTINIC ACID and/or NICOTINAMIDE FOR TREATING SCHIZOPHRENIA, by Dr. Abram Hoffer, published by University Hospital, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Can- ada. Dedicated to Schizophrenics Anonymous, this book is a com- pilation of research information from Saskatchewan.
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