Show Me All Your Scars True Stories of Living with Mental Illness |
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| Editor:
| Gutkind, Lee |
| Foreword by:
| Feinstein, Karen Wolk |
| Introduction by:
| Kennedy, Patrick J. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-937163-26-6 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2016 |
| Publisher: | Verlhac Editions
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $9.99 |
Book Description:
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Every year, one in four American adults suffers from a diagnosable mental health disorder. In these true stories, writers and their loved ones struggle as their worlds are upended. What do you do when your father kills himself, or your mother is committed to a psych ward, or your daughter starts hearing voices telling her to harm herself--or when you yourself hear such voices? Addressing bipolar disorder, OCD, trichillomania, self-harm, PTSD, and other diagnoses, these stories...
More DescriptionEvery year, one in four American adults suffers from a diagnosable mental health disorder. In these true stories, writers and their loved ones struggle as their worlds are upended. What do you do when your father kills himself, or your mother is committed to a psych ward, or your daughter starts hearing voices telling her to harm herself--or when you yourself hear such voices? Addressing bipolar disorder, OCD, trichillomania, self-harm, PTSD, and other diagnoses, these stories vividly depict the difficulties and sorrows--and sometimes, too, the unexpected and surprising rewards--of living with mental illness.