Brilliant Madness Living with Manic Depressive Illness

Name: Brilliant Madness Living with Manic Depressive Illness
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ISBN: 9780553560725

ISBN-10: 0553560727

ISBN-13: 9780553560725

Edition: N/A

Authors: Patty Duke, Gloria Hochman, Gloria Hochman

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In her revealing bestseller Call Me Anna, Patty Duke shared her long-kept secret: the talented, Oscar-winning actress who won our hearts on The Patty Duke Show was suffering from a serious-but-treatable-mental illness called manic depression. For nearly twenty years, until she was correctly diagnosed at age thirty-five, she careened between periods of extreme euphoria and debilitating depression, prone to delusions and panic attacks, temper tantrums, spending sprees, and suicide attempts. Now in A Brilliant Madness Patty Duke joins with medical reporter Gloria Hochman to shed light on this powerful, paradoxical, and destructive illness. From what it's like to live with manic-depressive…

Book details

List price: $7.99
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Publication date: 2/4/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 4.37" wide x 6.93" long x 1.06" tall
Weight: 0.396
Language: English



Foreword


My Friend Anna Mary Lou Pinckert


Introduction


A Disease? Thank God!


Illness or Eccentricity?



Looking Backward



The Many Faces of manic-Depressive Illness



Why Me?



Who Gets Manic-Depressive Illness?



My Little Beige Pill



Treatments That Work



Acting It Out



The Creativity Connection



My Family and Friends



Families Suffer and Learn



Life After Manic Depression


Resources for the mentally Ill and Their Families


References and Notes


Index