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For many years, the contributions of Sylvano Arieti to the literature on schizophrenia have enhanced our appreciation of this clinical syndrome. Author of the award-winning Interpretation of Schizophrenia, Dr. Arieti describes schizophrenia in a way that brings compassion and comprehensibility to the friends and family of the schizophrenic person.
The explaining of schizophrenia, what it is and how it progresses, are questions that clinicians need to address not only for themselves but also for those closely associated with their patients. Often the therapy for schizophrenia is best performed when the clinician can enlist support from family and friends. Dr. Arieti emphasizes that schizophrenia needs to be recognized as a condition from which we may learn about the psyche, generally. His descriptions of the prodromal signs of schizophrenia, its acute stages, how a schizophrenic person may experience the world, the causes of schizophrenia, and its therapies offer a well-balanced and useful picture that demystifies an illness shrouded in prejudice.
There are certain books that the clinician might keep on his shelf for patients or family members who would benefit from knowing more about a condition that affects them deeply. This book serves that purpose for schizophrenia. Dr. Arieti's book may prove particularly helpful for family members or friends of persons with conditions of recent onset. Also, the level of prose