A surreal journey of a man who is searching for purpose and for happiness Joe, a 36-year-old advertising copywriter for a slick New York agency, feels disillusioned with his life. He starts dreaming of a mysterious man, seeing him on...
Schizophrenics
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Author:Basu, ArjunSummary: -
Author:Martini, ClemSummary:This book is about mental illness, family caregivers, Alzheimer's and dementia, and the health care system. It continues the story of the Martini family and their experiences with mental illness (which was earlier chronicled in the book...
- Author:Pilon, MarySummary:
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Monopolists, the incredible story of Olympic sailor Kevin Hall, and the psychiatric syndrome that makes him believe he stars in a television show of his life. Meet Kevin Hall, brother,...
- Author:Saks, Elyn R.Summary:
Professor of psychiatry Elyn R. Saks writes about her struggle with schizophrenia in this unflinching account of her mental illness. Saks draws readers into a nightmare world of medications, a misguided health care system, and social...
- Author:Arbour, Marie-ChristineSummary:
Enfant, je recherchais l’absolu, je rêvais d’unité, ce que j’appelais déjà l’Un. Mais pour survivre, j’ai dû apprendre à me compartimenter. Je me rebellais contre la réalité. L’anorexie dont j’ai souffert à l’adolescence a été pour moi...
- Author:Raglin, RodSummary:
Crazy for You?Maggie talks to trees. Dieter talks to corporations. Maggie embraces mystery and flirts with magic. Dieter adheres to logic and the doctrine of Nietzsche.Dieter's client wants to destroy the trees. The trees want Maggie to...
- Author:Brochu, EloïseSummary:
Ma vie, ma folie, ma schizophrénie se veut une prise de conscience envers ce que peut être la maladie mentale chez les personnes qui en souffre. Ce témoignage est également un vrai message d'espoir pour les personnes malades et...
- Author:King, DerrickSummary:
Love for a Deaf Rebel introduces readers to a vivacious Canadian woman who was born into a silent world and with the foundation for schizophrenia. With pathos and nostalgia, the author recounts his roller-coaster ride with Pearl, a...
- Author:Kolker, RobertSummary:
The heartrending story of a midcentury American family with twelve children, six of them diagnosed with schizophrenia, that became science's great hope in the quest to understand the disease. Don and Mimi Galvin seemed to be living...
- Author:Feldman, MiriamSummary:
In an idyllic Los Angeles neighborhood, where generations of families enjoy deep roots in old homes, the O'Rourke family fits right in. Miriam and Craig are both artists and their four children carry on the legacy. When their teenage...
- Author:Martini, ClemSummary:
In 1976, Ben Martini was diagnosed with schizophrenia. A decade later, his brother Oliver was told he had the same disease. For the past thirty years the Martini family has struggled to comprehend and cope with devastating illness,...
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Author:Martini, Clem, Martini, OlivierSummary:In 1976, Ben Martini was diagnosed with schizophrenia. A decade later, his brother Olivier was told he had the same disease. For the past thirty years the Martini family has struggled to comprehend and cope with a devastating illness,...
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Author:Nasar, SylviaSummary:A Beautiful Mind traces the meteoric rise of John Forbes Nash, Jr., from his lonely childhood in West Virginia to his student years at Princeton, where he encountered Albert Einstein, John von Neumann, and a host of other mathematical...
