About this title: This work presents the life history of a philosopher who experienced severe, recurrent, and misdiagnosed mental disorder. The compelling narrative portrays the father's seventy-five years: his childhood and adolescence, his high levels of achievement, intermixed with recurrent episodes and brutal hospitalizations, his marriage and family life, his tenderness as a father, and his gradual decline following years of maltreated bipolar disorder. Themes of self-image, resilience, causes of serious mental disorder, accurate diagnosis and appropriate treatment, and linkages between social context ...
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Description: Like new book in like new dust jacket. 2002, Format: Hardcover, Edition Description: Illustrated, Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr, Number Of Pages: 227 pages, ISBN-13: 9780521817806, ISBN-10: 0521817803, read more
Binding: hardcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780521817806ISBN:0521817803
Description: Good in good dust jacket. ex-library/associated marks/stickers, otherwise clean text; dj in protective sleeve & pasted down; general wear; read more
Description: Very good. By Stephen P. Hinshaw; ISBN: 0521817803; Pub. : Cambridge University Press; Pub. Date: 2002-10-07; Media: Hardcover; Weight: 16 oz.; Very minor wrinkles on dust jacket (no tears), all else is like-new. by Stephen P. Hinshaw; ISBN: 0521817803; Pub. : Cambridge University Press; Pub. Date: 2002-10-07; Media: Hardcover; Weight: 16 oz.; Very minor wrinkles on dust jacket (no tears), all else is like-new. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13:9780521817806ISBN:0521817803
Description: New in New jacket. Still in original plastic wrap. "2.3 million Americans, approximately 1.2% of the U.S. population, suffer from bipolar disorder and nearly 1 million Canadians suffer from severe and persistent mental illness. Mental disorders are now recognized to rival major physical diseases as the leading cause of economic, physical, and psychological burdens worldwide. Stephen Hinshaw's compelling account of his father's life-long struggle with bipolar disease reveals the isolation, ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: 2002-10-07
ISBN-13:9780521817806ISBN:0521817803
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"Written by a Berkeley professor about his father. Not particularly memorable in comparison to other books concerning the subject of bipolar disorder."
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