{"product_id":"the-split-mind-9781789183191","title":"The Split Mind","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginal edition reissued in 2023 with new cover. This is a print on demand title and is not held in stock. The delivery leadtimes will be longer.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eHave you ever asked yourself what is mental illness? Have you ever wondered what it is like to live with a mental illness? “The Split Mind” enters into the psyche of a person with paranoid schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is an illness that is marked by delusions and disturbed thought. The patient’s state of mind will usually remain in a highly irrational or illusionary state. The patient then loses his sense of the real world, in favour of a world that is based purely on false beliefs. This illness inevitably splits the patient’s focus out of the real world, into a world based on falsehoods and unattested thoughts.\u003cbr\u003e  According to researchers, schizophrenia is caused by a chemical imbalance. In effect, there are abnormal levels of different neurotransmitters within the patient’s brain. Dopamine may be a key neurotransmitter behind delusional thoughts.\u003cbr\u003e  This chemical imbalance can be corrected through medications or other varying methods. Nevertheless, scientists, as of yet, have not discovered a permanent cure. The recovery process for the patient will usually be slow because he must take certain steps to ensure that a relapse will never occur.\u003cbr\u003e  As an illness, schizophrenia may be no different from any other disease. It is a disease that affects the human brain. No patients develop schizophrenia because of any psychological or behavioural problems. It is a genetic disease that is highly treatable, and through perseverance, highly recoverable.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"5M Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53190597083479,"sku":"9781789183191","price":19.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-split-mind-9781789183191","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}