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Transforming Madness
New Lives for People Living With Mental Illness
by Jay Neugeboren
ISBN: 0520228758
ISBN-13: 9780520228757
Format: Paperback
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Summary
Like many people who have family members who suffer from mental illness, Jay Neugeborn has become somewhat of a lay "expert" in the field. He shares his long education process and provides a hopeful overview of the treatments and programs available to the mentally ill. Always, throughout the book, there is the presence of his brother, whom he wrote about in the memoir IMAGINING ROBERT.
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"TRANSFORMING MADNESS is an extraordinary book, an informative and persuasive testament, both respectful and covering broad ground, heartfelt and scholarly, a true declaration of independence and support for psychological suffering everywhere." -- Leston Havens
"TRANSFORMING MADNESS takes you into the locked wards of mental institutions, to the subway tunnels where homeless people huddle, and to the edge of the highway where a distraught person contemplates suicide. But what's most significant about Jay Neugeboren's stunning follow up to his memoir about his bother (IMAGINING ROBERT) is that he also takes you out of these cruel hellish fates and demonstrates in story after story how it is possible to cross the line from chaos and despair to lives filled with peace and meaning." -- Madeleine Blais
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Univ of California Pr
Published date: 2001
Size: 6 x 8.75 inches
Weight: 1.2 pounds
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