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Author
Publisher
Celadon Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From award-winning journalist Meg Kissinger, a searing memoir of a family besieged by mental illness, as well as an incisive exploration of the systems that failed them and a testament to the love that sustained them. Growing up in the 1960s in the suburbs of Chicago, Meg Kissinger's family seemed to live a charmed life. With eight kids and two loving parents, the Kissingers radiated a warm, boisterous energy. Whether they were spending summer days...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
469 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Cadence "Cady" Archer arrives on Harvard's campus searching for answers about her brother, a schizophrenic genius who leapt from his dorm room window the year before. Eric's brilliance overshadowed Cady growing up, but she worshipped and adored him--even as he became more unstable, retreating deeper into his secretive work on multidimensional spacetime and isolating himself from everyone around him. Losing Eric has left a black hole in Cady's life,...
3) Tick tock
Author
Series
Michael Bennett volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Detective Michael Bennett joins forces with FBI Agent Emily Parker to root out a terrorist who is threatening New York City with a devastation of the greatest magnitude, and must simultaneously sort out his feelings for Emily and protect his ten adopted children.
Author
Series
Alex Delaware volume 29
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Well-used to elevated emotions, psychologist Alex Delaware shrugs off a joking death threat from beautiful Beverly Hills physician Constance Sykes, whose attempt to secure legal custody of her baby niece is thwarted by Alex's forthright report to the court. Alex plays down the threat until LAPD's Milo Sturgis rushes to his side with the shocking word on the street that a hit's been taken out on him. But while Alex may be in grave danger, it won't...
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Physical Desc
292 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"A rural physician learns that a former doctor at his clinic committed a shocking crime, leading him to uncover an undiagnosed mental health crisis in our broken prison system--a powerful true story expanding on one of the most popular This American Life episodes of all time. When family physician Dr. Benjamin Gilmer began working at the Cane Creek clinic in rural North Carolina, he was following in the footsteps of a man with the same last name....
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
Rev. pbk. ed.
Physical Desc
xviii, 348 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
A social history of the treatment of the mentally ill in America, this survey reveals the various methods of treatment from the 17th century to today. Whitaker compares the treatment of the mentally ill in America to those affected in other countries.
7) Unhinged
Language
English
Description
Academy Award winner Russell Crowe stars in UNHINGED, a psychological thriller that takes something we've all experienced - road rage - to an unpredictable and terrifying conclusion. Rachel (Caren Pistorius) is running late getting to work when she crosses paths with a stranger (Crowe) at a traffic light. Soon, Rachel finds herself and everyone she loves the target of a man who feels invisible and is looking to make one last mark upon the world by...
Author
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
273 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
McLean Hospital is one of the most famous, most elite, and was among the most luxurious mental institutions in America. In its "golden age," McLean provided as gracious and gentle an environment for the treatment of mental illness as one could imagine. Gracefully Insane chronicles the hopes and failures of psychology and psychotherapy, the evolution of attitudes about mental illness, and the economic pressures that are making McLean, and other institutions...
9) Jane Eyre
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
An abridged version of the story of an orphaned young English woman who accepts employment as a governess at Thornfield Hall, a country estate owned by the mysteriously remote Mr. Rochester.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The authors examine female serial killers by focusing on the life of Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong. This book explores mental illness and forensic psychology while also providing a history of how American jurisprudence has grappled with such controversial issues as the insanity defense and mental competency to stand trial.
Author
Series
DC universe rebirth volume 3
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
c2017
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Diana's search for the truth about herself, her history, and her home Themyscira, takes her on a journey into darkness. But the price of understanding may be one sacrifice too many for Wonder Woman.
Author
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
When twelve-year-old Zinnia Manning's older brother Gabriel is diagnosed with bipolar disorder, it turns her family's world upside-down, especially since they are keeping the information private.
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
c2014
Physical Desc
x, 204 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
American Psychosis provides an unflinching account of the history and present day failings of our mental health treatment system and calls for the necessity of establishing better psychiatric care for our nation's most vulnerable.
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
c2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
377 p.
Language
English
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...
Author
Publisher
Bellevue Literary Press
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
205 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
In Lives They Left Behind, contents of several suitcases left behind in the attic of the Willard Psychiatric Center in upstate New York after closing in 1995 were examined and compared to the written record to create a moving group portrait of 20th century American psychiatric care.
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Language
English
Formats
Description
"1860: As the clash between the states rolls slowly to a boil, Elizabeth Packard, housewife and mother of six, is facing her own battle. The enemy sits across the table and sleeps in the next room. Threatened by Elizabeth's intellect, independence, and outspokenness, her husband of twenty-one years is plotting against her and makes a plan to put her back in her place. One summer morning, he has her committed to an insane asylum. The horrific conditions...
19) Good half gone
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Iris Walsh saw her twin sister, Piper, get kidnapped--so why does no one believe her? Iris narrowly escaped her pretty, popular twin sister's fate as a teen: kidnapped, trafficked and long gone before the cops agreed to investigate. With no evidence to go on but a few scattered memories, the case quickly goes cold. Now an adult, Iris wants one thing--proof. And if the police still won't help, she'll just have to find it her own way; by interning...
Author
Publisher
WordSong, an imprint of Highlights
Pub. Date
c2019.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
325 pages ; illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Growing up with a mother suffering from paranoid schizophrenia and a mostly absent father, Nikki Grimes found herself terrorized by babysitters, shunted from foster family to foster family, and preyed upon by those she trusted. At the age of six, she poured her pain onto a piece of paper late one night - and discovered the magic and impact of writing. For many years, Nikki's notebooks were her most enduing companions. In this accessible and inspiring...