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Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiii, 297 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A bioethicist's memoir of opioid dependence and withdrawal exposes the American health care system's failures at managing the use of opioids for pain relief and reveals the lack of resources and structures to handle the nationwide epidemic of opioid addiction.
2) My lobotomy
Author
Publisher
Crown Publishers
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
p. cm.
Language
English
Description
The author describes his victimization at the hands of Dr. Walter Freeman, who performed a lobotomy on him at the age of twelve; his experiences with institutions, jail, and homelessness; and his determination to find out why he was forced to undergo a lobotomy.
Author
Publisher
Revell
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
245 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
She looked into my eyes and blinked hers slowly and deliberately, like a stroke victim, to show me that although she couldn't speak, she understood what I was saying to her. I stroked her hair softly. 'I know you're in there, honey,' I told her. 'We'll get you out.'" Despite the horror of seeing fifteen-month-old Elizabeth slip away into autism, her mother knew that her bright little girl was still in there. When Elizabeth eventually learned to communicate,...
Author
Publisher
Hazelden
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
xiii, 447 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Borderline personality disorder was the diagnosis that finally explained the author's explosive anger, manipulative behaviors and self-destructive bent. Reiland reveals what mental illness feels like and looks like from the inside.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
322 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"With remarkably brave and vulnerable writing, Barnett expands on her personal story to confront the dire state of addiction in America, the rise of alcoholism in American women in the last century, and the lack of rehabilitation options available to addicts. At a time when opioid addiction is a national epidemic and one in twelve Americans suffers from alcohol abuse disorder, Quitter is essential reading for our age and an ultimately hopeful story...
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xxi, 377 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Don and Mimi Galvin seemed to be living the American dream. After World War II, Don's work with the Air Force brought them to Colorado, where their twelve children perfectly spanned the baby boom: the oldest born in 1945, the youngest in 1965. In those years, there was an established script for a family like the Galvins--aspiration, hard work, upward mobility, domestic harmony--and they worked hard to play their parts. But behind the scenes was a...
7) A common struggle: a personal journey through the past and future of mental illness and addiction
Author
Publisher
Blue Rider Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
422 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The former congressman and youngest child of Senator Ted Kennedy details his personal and political battles with mental illness and addiction while tracing the history of mental health care in America as it was reflected by his family.
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Elizabeth Smart follows up her bestseller, "My Story" with a powerful and inspiring book about what it takes to overcome trauma, find the strength to move on, and reclaim one's life. This is both an up-close-and-personal glimpse into her healing process and a heartfelt how-to guide for readers to make peace with the past and embrace the future.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
xv, 302 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Tony Hsieh--CEO of Zappos, Las Vegas developer, and all-around beloved entrepreneur--was famous for spreading happiness. When Hsieh died suddenly in November of 2020, Wall Street Journal reporters Kirsten Grind and Katherine Sayre quickly realized the importance of the story because of Hsieh's stature in the industry, but as they dug into the details of his final months, they realized there was a bigger story to tell. They found that Hsieh's obsession...