Rites of Passage My Schizophrenic Youth in Mosaic

A coming-to-age memoir whose major rite of passage is a schizophrenia diagnosis. Psychosis for Ratcliff becomes as enlightening as it is agonizing. "Rites of Passage: My Schizophrenic Youth in Mosaic is a fascinating and insightful autobiographical account of Jason Ratcliff's experience andstruggles with psychosis. Self-reflective, philosophical, extremely honest, and, at times, heartbreaking, this book is a valuable contribution to the field of human psychology. It should be required reading in every introductory psychopathology class."--David Jay Brown, M.A., author of Brainchild, co-author of Mavericks of the MindRatcliff, Jason Stuart is the author of 'Rites of Passage My Schizophrenic Youth in Mosaic' with ISBN 9780595238460 and ISBN 0595238467.