I Am Not Sick, I Don't Need Help!: How to Help Someone Accept Treatment -- 20th Anniversary Edition

by Xavier Amador

Overview

"This book fills a tremendous void…" wrote E. Fuller Torrey, M.D., about the first edition of I Am Not Sick, I Don't Need Help! Twenty years later, it still does. Dr. Amador's research on poor insight was inspired by his success helping his brother Henry, who developed schizophrenia, accept treatment. Like tens of millions of others diagnosed with schizophrenia and bipolar and substance abuse disorders, Henry did not believe he was ill. I Am Not Sick I Don't Need Help! is not just a reference for mental health and criminal justice professionals. It is a must-read, step-by-step guide for family members whose loved ones have been devastated by mental illness. Learn as have millions of others worldwide…to LEAP® - Listen, Empathize, Agree, and Partner-to help your patients, loved ones, and others accept treatment.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780985206703
Publisher:	Vida Press
Publication date:	08/01/1920
Edition description:	4th ed.
Pages:	254
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.30(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Xavier Amador is an internationally sought-after speaker, clinical psychologist, past Columbia University and New York University professor and President of both the LEAP® Institute and Foundation. His forensic cases include that of the Unabomber, the 9/11 co-conspirators and the Elizabeth Smart kidnapping. Author of nine books translated into twenty languages, he has over 30 years experience teaching families, mental health professionals, law enforcement, and judges.

Table of Contents

Foreword Pete Earley ix

Preface to the 20^th Anniversary Edition xiii

Introduction 1

Part I The Truth about Denial of Illness 7

1 We Are Not Alone 9

2 Staying in the Game 21

3 The Root of the Problem: New Research on Anosognosia 33

Part II How to Help Using LEAP 51

4 The Right and Wrong Approach 53

5 Learning to LEAP 63

6 Listen 71

7 Empathize 119

8 Agree 127

9 Partner 135

Part III Staying on Guard and Next Steps 141

10 Don't Let Your Guard Down: The problem of poor adherence 143

11 Medications 145

12 Involuntary Treatment 155

13 How to Do It 169

14 How to Survive an Involuntary Treatment 185

15 The Surprise 195

Part IV Theory, Research & Practical Advice on LEAP 201

16 LEAP Theory and Research 203

17 Psychotherapy for Psychosis? 211

18 Violence and Mental Illness 217

19 DSM-5 and Anosognosia 221

20 Henry 227

Acknowledgments 233

Literature Cited 235

Research on Cognitive Therapy for Schizophrenia 239

Recommended Books 240

Recommended Resources 241

Praise for the First Edition 245

About the Author 253