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Language
English
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While working on his second novel, John Sedgwick spiraled into a depression so profound that it very nearly resulted in suicide. An author acclaimed for his intimate literary excursions into the rarified, moneyed enclave of Brahmin Boston, he decided to search for the roots of his malaise in the history of his own storied family-one of America's oldest and most notable. Following a bloodline that travels from Theodore Sedgwick, compatriot of George...
Author
Language
English
Description
On March 11, 2001, seventeen-year-old Will ingested a near-fatal dose of his antidepressant medication, an event that would forever change his life and the lives of his family. In Will's Choice, his mother, Gail Griffith, tells the story of her family's struggle to renew Will's interest in life and to regain their equilibrium in the aftermath.
Griffith intersperses her own finely wrought prose with dozens of letters and journal entries from family...
Author
Publisher
Quill
Pub. Date
c2003
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xxv, 276 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Using the vivid, poignant and personal stories of the members of a website support group she founded (www.depressionfallout.com), Anne Sheffield, the author of two highly acclaimed books on depression, provides an honest record of what happens to a love relationship once depression enters the picture, and offers solid advice on what the non-depressed partner can do to improve his or her own life and the relationship. Of the millions of people who...
Author
Publisher
Harmony Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
xi, 206 pages ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
"A short, deeply personal, and ultimately uplifting practical narrative on depression from a young mental health activist who has already inspired millions. Teenagers, educators, and parents alike, through the lens of his stories and battles, will be given a gritty message of hope, light, and inspiration"--
Author
Language
English
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Description
Returning with deep psychological scars after a tour of duty in Iraq, soldier Lauren Clay guides her younger brother to an upstate New York oil field that has become the subject of her obsession and begins teaching him survival skills while revealing herexperiences.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
285 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"A vital and triumphant story of perseverance and recovery by one of Canada's foremost advocates for mental health When Mark Henick was a teenager in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, he was overwhelmed by depression and anxiety that led to a series of increasingly dangerous suicide attempts. One night, he climbed onto a bridge over an overpass and stood in the wind, clinging to a girder. Someone shouted, 'Jump, you coward!' Another man, a stranger in a brown...
Author
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
xv, 339 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Finding herself struggling with depression (which, "like a rude houseguest," would come and go of its own accord), Sharon O'Brien set out to understand the origins of depression within her family, not willing to rely on the biochemical explanations and psychological accounts that prevail in contemporary American culture. Her quest took her straight into the pressures and possibilities of the American dream as it was experienced in the heart of her...
Author
Publisher
LangMarc Publishing
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
227 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
The author shares her own struggles with depression and suicide as she and her family coped with the murder of her sister Nicole Simpson, the OJ Simpson trial, and other difficult times.
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