Schizophrenia : a brother finds answers in biological science / Ronald Chase.

Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, [2013]

viii, 213 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm

Innocence on the road to Los Angeles (1948) -- Who gets schizophrenia and why? -- Dining with tension (1956) -- Which genes cause schizophrenia? -- A consultation with Dr. Held ( 1957) -- Which aspects of the environment cause schizophrenia? -- Breakdown in Westwood Village (1958) -- Why does schizophrenia begin in late adolescence? -- Two state hospitals (1959-1960) -- What are the treatment options? -- A conversation in a park (1963) -- Is mental illness in the mind or in the brain? -- The villa and the ambassador (1982) -- Why is schizophrenia stigmatized? -- Strolling the boardwalk at Hermosa Beach (1993) -- Just what is schizophrenia, anyway? -- Libraries and literature (1995) -- When did schizophrenia first appear and why doesn't it go away? -- Jim's final days (1998-1999) -- What happens to people with schizophrenia through the years? -- Reflections.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-209) index.