International award-winning journalist John Scully has been committed to mental institutions seven times. He has been locked up. He has attempted suicide. "Am I Sane Yet?" is essential reading for anyone interested in depression and mental illness. It is also a must for those who are hiding their depression because of the stigma that continues to haunt the mentally ill. With brutal frankness, Scully reveals the plight of patients he has met on the inside and investigates the therapies and drugs they have been given to try to ease their pain.
Record details
ISBN:9781459707863 (sc.) :
ISBN:1459707869
Physical Description:print 196 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Publisher:Toronto : Dundurn, c2013.
Content descriptions
General Note:
New October 2014.
Formatted Contents Note:
Prologue -- Cell Block One -- The Statistics and the Fallout -- A Friend -- Indeed Billy -- The Different Faces of Mental Illness -- Depression and Addiction -- It Can Happen to Anyone -- My Story: The Early Years -- Cub Reporter Par (Not So) Excellence -- The BBC and other Stories -- The Move to Canada -- The Weight of the World -- Going Home -- Back to Canada -- Back in Treatment -- On the Move Again -- The Long Road to Recovery -- Therapy: What's Right for You? -- The Future of Mental Health Care -- Looking Back, Moving Forward -- Epilogue -- Resources.
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