Xavier Francisco Amador

This book provides practical advice and hope to those with a loved one who is battling a mental illness. It provides readers with an easy to understand blueprint that can change and save lives.

How to Help Someone with Mental Illness Accept Treatment

I Am Not Sick, I Don't Need Help!

Xavier Amador

Laura Rosen

Shows family and friends of those suffering from depression how to understand their own reactions and feelings and how to avoid damaging a relationship

When Someone You Love is Depressed

Anna-Lisa Johanson

Helping the Seriously Mentally Ill Accept Treatment : a Practical Guide for Families and Therapists

Anthony S. David

The insight a patient shares into their own psychosis is fundamental to their condition - it goes to the heart of what we understand 'madness' to be. Can a person be expected to accept treatment for a condition that they deny they have? Can a person be held responsible for their actions if those actions are inspired by their own unique perceptions and beliefs - beliefs that no-one else shares? The topic of insight in schizophrenia and related disorders has become a major focus of research in psychiatry and psychology. It has important clinical implications in terms of outcome, treatment adherence, competence, and forensic issues.

Insight and Psychosis

'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! Ten years later, it still does. Dr. Amador's research on poor insight was inspired by his attempts to help his brother Henry, who developed schizophrenia, accept treatment. Like tens of millions of others diagnosed with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, Henry did not believe he was ill. In this latest edition, 6 new chapters have been added, new research on anosognosia (lack of insight) is presented and new advice, relying on lessons learned from thousands of LEAP seminar participants, is given to help readers quickly and effectively use Dr. Amador s method for helping someone accept treatment. I AM NOT SICK, I Don't Need Help! is not just a reference for mental health practitioners or law enforcement professionals. It is a must-read guide for family members whose loved ones are battling mental illness. Read and learn as have hundreds of thousands of others...to LEAP-Listen, Empathize, Agree, and Partner-and help your patients and loved ones accept the treatment they need.

Xavier Francisco Amador

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