Book description
āA profound and powerful work of essential reporting." āThe New York Times Book Review
An importantāand intimateāinterrogation of how we treat mental illness and how we understand ourselves
In the early 1960s, JFK declared that science would take us to the moon. He also declared that science would make theā¦
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Psychiatric medications are prescribed more judiciously than when my sister first took them, but still many people find them intolerable.
Bergner first encountered mental illness when his younger brother Bob was diagnosed with bipolar disorder after dancing on a ferry to the rhythm of the ocean. Sadly, his parents believed that dancing was a symptom to be eliminated with higher doses of lithium.
Bergner finds two others to share their experiences: a roller derby star turned peer counselor, who heard voices since childhood; and a lawyer who feels doomed to failure despite his achievements in important cases. All three discontinueā¦
From Deborah's list on startling encounters with mental illness.
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