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“alexandra georgas”

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  • A Computer Geek Speaks

    Unusual and interesting stories from my career as a woman in technology

    by Alexandra Georgas ...
    Alexandra tells short of the humorous and surprising escapades of her life as a woman in the computer technology field, including tales of mistakes she has made, interesting people she has encountered, unexpected adventures, love interests, and all she learned through her journey. A Computer Geek Speaks is a true story of her lessons learned and the transformation of both one woman and our world. ... Read more

    $0.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Mom & Me

    My Journey with Mom's Schizophrenia

    by Alexandra Georgas ...
    Living alone as a teen with her mom’s untreated schizophrenia, Sandy experienced disturbing behaviors and learned quickly how powerless she was to bring her healthy mother back to normal. But in time, Sandy learned to love her newly mentally ill mother, to delight in her and to have a meaningful and positive lifelong relationship with her. Mom and Me is a true success story of how both mother and ... Read more

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  • Growing Up with a Schizophrenic Mother

    by Margaret J. Brown and Doris Parker Roberts ...
    An estimated two to three million people in the United States today were raised by a schizophrenic parent. Brown and Roberts offer a unique book based on interviews with over forty adult children of mothers diagnosed as schizophrenic. Such topics as the isolation their family felt, their chaotic home environments, their present relationships with their mothers, and the lost potential of mother and ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • The Art of Misdiagnosis

    Surviving My Mother's Suicide

    by Gayle Brandeis ...
    Award-winning novelist and poet Gayle Brandeis’s wrenching memoir of her complicated family history and her mother’s suicideGayle Brandeis’s mother disappeared just after Gayle gave birth to her youngest child. Several days later, her body was found: she had hanged herself in the utility closet of a Pasadena parking garage. In this searing, formally inventive memoir, Gayle describes the dissonance ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • Psychosis as a Personal Crisis

    An Experience-Based Approach

    Edited by Marius Romme, Sandra Escher ...
    Series series The International Society for Psychological and Social Approaches to Psychosis Book Series
    Psychosis as a Personal Crisis seeks to challenge the way people who hear voices are both viewed and treated. This book emphasises the individual variation between people who suffer from psychosis and puts forward the idea that hearing voices is not in itself a sign of mental illness.In this book the editors bring together an international range of expert contributors, who in their daily work, ... Read more

    $69.99 CAD

  • The Everything Health Guide to Schizophrenia

    The latest information on treatment, medication, and coping strategies

    by Dean A Haycock, Elias K. Shaya ...
    Series series Everything® Series
    The effects of schizophrenia can be devastating for both the 3.3 million adults living with the disease as well as their families and friends. This guide offers help to those who suffer from schizophrenia and their loved ones, including information on how to:Get a correct diagnosisUnderstand the various types of schizophreniaHandle resulting problems such as substance abuseFind the right ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • A Tragedy Waiting to Happen – The Chaotic Life of Brendan O'Donnell

    The true story of an abandoned orphan who became a psychotic killer

    by Tony Muggivan, JJ Muggivan ...
    For years, Tony Muggivan urged the Irish social system to offer appropriate treatment to the desperately sick Brendan O'Donnell. A Tragedy Waiting to Happen is the harrowing story of his doomed attempts and the awful consequences of that failure: a triple murder. Tony Muggivan is a farmer. One wet night in February 1989, Brendan O'Donnell entered his life and that of his family. He had absconded ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Psychotherapy of Schizophrenia

    The Treatment of Choice

    by Gary R. VandenBos, Bertram P. Karon ...
    Inevitably, every psychotherapist has some experience with severely disturbed patients. Consequently, they will turn with excitement to this important new book which is a stunning attempt by two knowledgeable, persevering psychotherapists to present their understanding and sound therapeutic approach to these difficult and challenging patients. The authors argue that the treatment of choice is ... Read more

    $94.99 CAD

  • Elder Abuse

    International and Cross-Cultural Perspectives

    by Jordan I Kosberg, Juanita L Garcia ...
    Here is an informative overview of the causes and consequences of elder abuse in countries around the world. This book delves into the global problem of elder abuse and identifies similarities and differences that occur from country to country. Elder Abuse: International and Cross-Cultural Perspectives increases understanding of the problem of elder abuse, helping you recognize more easily the ... Read more

    $94.99 CAD

  • Aging, Society, and the Life Course

    by Leslie A. Morgan, PhD, Suzanne R. Kunkel, PhD ...
    Doody's Score: 91, 4 Stars"[This] book's unfading preoccupation with social context, social processes, and social structures distinguishes itself and greatly contributes to the discourse in gerontology."--The GerontologistThis is a comprehensive textbook for both undergraduate and graduate level courses, detailing the impact of societal forces on the aging process. The book focuses on the ... Read more

    $121.99 CAD

  • Family Transitions

    Edited by Philip A. Cowan, E. Mavis Hetherington ...
    Series series Advances in Family Research Series
    This volume, the result of the second annual Summer Institute sponsored by the Family Research Consortium, focuses on family transitions--both normative and non-normative. The subject of family transitions has been a central concern of the consortium largely because studies of families in motion help to highlight mechanisms leading to adaptation and dysfunction. This text represents a collective ... Read more

    $94.99 CAD

  • Environmental Gerontology

    Making Meaningful Places in Old Age

    by Graham D. Rowles, PhD ...
    "[This book] addresses issues on both sides of the Atlantic; examines the theoretical underpinnings of environmental gerontology...; and provides useful practical applications and guiding principles....Recommended."--Choice: Current Reviews for Academic LibrariesThe environments in which people live out their later lives have a strong impact on their identity and provide opportunities for ... Read more

    $103.99 CAD