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Within Our Reach by Rosalynn Carter "Stigma is the most damaging factor in the life of anyone who has mental illness. It humiliates and embarrasses; it is painful; it generates stereotypes, fear, and rejection; it leads to terrible discrimination. Perhaps the greatest tragedy is that stigma keeps people from seeking help for fear of being labeled 'mentally ill.' "
Crazy Like Us by Ethan Watters "...For all our self-recrimination, however, we may have yet to face one of the most remarkable effects of American-led globalization. We have for many years been busily engaged in a grand project of Americanizing the world’s understanding of mental health and illness. We may indeed be far along in homogenizing the way the world goes mad."
In his second book, Mark Vonnegut, son of Kurt, delves into the process of his near complete recovery from severe bouts with what he describes as a mix of bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, manic depression. View book review “None of us are entirely well, and none of us are irrevocably sick. At my best I have islands of being sick entirely. At my worst I had islands of being well. Except for a reluctance to give up on myself there isn't anything I can claim credit for that helped me recover from my breaks. Even that doesn't count. You either have or don't have a reluctance to give up on yourself. It helps a lot if others don't give up on you.”
by Judith Warner
A definitive and comprehensive examination of the debate over psychoactive drugs and children - to medicate, to not medicate, when and how much.
The Brain Diet by Alan C. Logan, ND, FRSH
by Richard Kadison and Theresa Foy DiGeronimo
 by Jerald Kay and Victor Schwartz
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