Christine Living with Schizophrenia |
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| Author:
| Delahunty, Christine
Delahunty, Jill |
| ISBN: | 978-1-6797-8982-3 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2020 |
| Publisher: | Independently Published
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $12.99 |
Book Description:
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It all began with nightmares. Christine Delahunty was 15, a convent school pupil. No one knew this pretty and intelligent girl was suffering so terribly. She attempted suicide and endured countless psychiatric assessments until the authorities finally decided she was too dangerous to be contained and treated anywhere other than in Broadmoor. Her family was devastated, incredulous and helpless. Christine was 22.Throughout her many years of hospitalisation, Christine remained a prolific...
More DescriptionIt all began with nightmares. Christine Delahunty was 15, a convent school pupil. No one knew this pretty and intelligent girl was suffering so terribly. She attempted suicide and endured countless psychiatric assessments until the authorities finally decided she was too dangerous to be contained and treated anywhere other than in Broadmoor. Her family was devastated, incredulous and helpless. Christine was 22.Throughout her many years of hospitalisation, Christine remained a prolific writer of diaries, accounts, letters and poems that vividly illustrate the diversity of her experiences, thoughts and emotions, and which form the core of this book. In middle age, after many setbacks, Christine finally achieved near independent living thanks to continued caring and enlightened rehabilitative support from local health and social care services.Her story is a tale of survival, which reveals the developments in mental health provision and a better understanding of those suffering from schizophrenia and other mental illnesses. Her family hope the book will help others whose loved ones are going through the traumas of mental ill health, and also to those who endeavour to assist as mental health and social care workers and policy makers.This unique and moving book is based largely on Christine's own accounts, which are sometimes harrowing and sometimes humorous. They have been drawn together by her sister, Jill, who was always close and ready to provide what support she could throughout Christine's challenging life.