Author: Kurt Snyder, Raquel E. Gur and Linda Wasmer Andrews
Issues addressed: Mental health, Schizophrenia
Year published:2007
Publisher: Oxford
ISBN#:0195311221
Age level: High school, to adult
# of pages:192
Illustrations: NA
Brief Summary:
During his second semester at college, Kurt Snyder became convinced that he was about to discover a fabulously important mathematical principle, spending hours lost in daydreams about numbers and symbols. In time, his thoughts took a darker turn, and he became preoccupied with the idea that cars were following him, or that strangers wanted to harm him. Kurt's mind had been hijacked by schizophrenia, a severe mental disorder that typically strikes during the late teen or young adult years.
During his second semester at college, Kurt Snyder became convinced that he was about to discover a fabulously important mathematical principle, spending hours lost in daydreams about numbers and symbols. In time, his thoughts took a darker turn, and he became preoccupied with the idea that cars were following him, or that strangers wanted to harm him. Kurt's mind had been hijacked by schizophrenia, a severe mental disorder that typically strikes during the late teen or young adult years.
Opinion: a very adult book, maybe more appropriate for collage age but that's when schizophrenia manifests. It helps to see inside the mind of a schizophrenic.
Activity:
Compare the students symptoms with the authors through writing journals.
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