"tell me i'm here" - anne deveson

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this book probably one of the most important pieces of writing of explaining what schizophrenia is. anne deveson, a well known australian broadcaster and film-maker, and a founder od SANE, the national schizophrenia organisation. she wrote this autobiographical book based on her life exprience dealing with her schizophrenics son. her writing on one side were very emotional and on one side affects us to came aware of what is schizophrenia.

i found reading this book to be quiet disturbing, as it was true. the scary fact is that one in a hundred of people will develop schizophrenia later in their early life. schizophrenia is NOT a split personality, it is a form of mental illness. the later problems that associated schizophrenia often were not recognized by society as a major problems. deveson tried to open our eyes that a schizophrenics had the same right to be treated as human beings.

i also watch the documentary that deveson made, titled "spinning out". it was a more serious reference of schizophrenia. study in schizophrenia is still developing, each on biological side (it was proof to be genetical related in ones family) and physiological study. one quotations on the facts of schizophrenia:

there is no known cause

there is no known cure

in the way i see all of these, the whole world still struggling on confronting with minority groups issues. ranging from race, gender and dissability(including mental dissability). a long way to go...