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This book realistically describes the experiences of people living with schizophrenia and their families, from the detection of the first symptoms until the development of treatments and strategies to cope with this unique human condition. Schizophrenia is a form of psychosis in which subjective aspects, such as hallucinatory and delusional phenomena, tend to distort the understanding of reality. Because psychotic states fluctuate in intensity over time, those affected literally live between reason and illusion. Between Reason and Illusion: Demystifying Schizophrenia is an invitation to understand what it means to develop schizophrenia and to live with it throughout one's life. And this is an invitation to all those who are in some way affected by this condition: those who live with it, family members, friends, health professionals, and everyone who want to have a non-stigmatized view of mental disorders and people who live with them. “Faced with psychosis, the person affected by the disease and the family are lost and go looking for alternative or spiritual help, which usually delays the beginning of treatment. Jorge, Cecília and Rodrigo had the courage to face a difficult theme and the happy idea of writing a book of an educational nature about schizophrenia. The book's originality lies in the fact that it was written taking into account the experience of the person with the disease and his or her family members in the face of this something new that has occurred in their lives”. - Dr. Itiro Shirakawa, Professor Emeritus of the Paulista Medical School of the Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP/EPM), Brazil.

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Reason, Faith, and Purpose: The Ultimate Gamble is a guide for believers and inquiring skeptics. This book summarizes the scientific view of the origins of the universe and life and analyzes the question of the existence of god from philosophical, religious, and scientific perspectives. The material is presented in two parts. Part I presents the secular, scientific view of the origin and evolution of the physical universe and life. Part II introduces other perspectives that are representative of ideas historically prevalent around the world. The material in Reason, Faith, and Purpose is designed to provide insight into the choice each of us must make in this life: the ultimate gamble. Errata(s) Errata (729 KB) Sample Chapter(s) Preface Contents: Preface About the Author Acknowledgments Quest for Truth The Secular View: Evidence for an Expanding Universe Evidence for Inflationary Cosmology The Big Bang The Inflation Model of Cosmology What Is Life? The Origin of Life The Evolution of Life The Ultimate Gamble: Mythological Creation Stories Origin of Religion Eastern Theology Western Theology Beyond the Natural Knowledge and Science Competing Worldviews Theism or Atheism? What Is Your Wager? Dates of Selected Characters Discussion Questions Endnotes References Selected Abbreviations Index Readership: Advanced undergraduate and graduate students, faculty and researchers in the fields of cosmology, astronomy, astrophysics, biology, evolution, philosophy, and religion. Valuable on any academic courses concerning the history of science, philosophy of science, cosmology, astrophysics, theology, faith, existentialism, theism, and reason. Secondary markets include continuing education courses in personal development, religion, philosophy, and popular science.