Unhinged

A Memoir of Enduring, Surviving, and Overcoming Family Mental Illness

Anna Berry (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

252 Seiten

2014
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-4422-3362-1 (ISBN)

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Despite all her best efforts to break the cycle of catastrophic, destructive patterns of mental illness, Anna Berry found herself at the end of her rope—unemployed, penniless, homeless, and in the throes of a psychotic episode that threatened to destroy her life. Alone and unwell, she manages to find her grip on life, seeks the help she needs, and embarks on a life and career that illustrate that mental illness does not have to be ruinous. Unhinged: A Memoir of Enduring, Surviving, and Overcoming Family Mental Illness is a powerful memoir that chronicles Berry’s life as both a casualty and survivor of family mental illness. From her point of rock-bottom to her own recovery, as well as her efforts to help her still-afflicted mother and brother find hope and healing, we see how she struggles to recognize her own illness while coping with the fallout from her family’s other victims.

In telling her story, Berry uncovers the difficulties inherent in not only growing up with mental illness among family members, but also the frustrations of not being able to recognize or handle the trajectory of her own illness. Yet, after successfully finding methods of treating her symptoms, Berry goes on to become a successful journalist and author, who now helps educate the public about mental health through her writing, while also serving as her mother’s court-appointed legal guardian. This story shows the devastating impact of mental illness on whole families, but offers readers a message of hope and healing. Berry’s story is sure to resonate with the many people who deal with the mental illness of family members, and their own struggles to cope with their own diagnoses.

Anna Berry is the pen name of a successful journalist, mental-health advocate, and author from the Midwest. With more than 17 years’ experience as a professional journalist, writer, and editor, her work has appeared in multiple major media outlets, including the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Reader, the Washington Post, and multiple national magazines, such as New Art Examiner, Dialogue, and DailyWorth.com. In addition to her work as a journalist, Berry has also spent a number of years as a researcher, special-purpose reporter, and policy analyst in the health care industry. You can visit her book website at annaberryauthor.wordpress.com.

AUTHOR’S NOTE
PROLOGUE: Chicago, April 2002
1: Hearing Voices
2: Vienna, Austria, October 1999
3: Chicago, October 2001-April 2002
4: 1999-2002: Nine Years to Enlightenment9
5: A Caretaker’s Life
6: Mom: A Relapse
7: Mark: The Lost Cause
WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
EPILOGUE: The State of Mental Illness in America
RECOMMENDED READING
NOTES

Erscheint lt. Verlag	14.10.2014
Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	160 x 236 mm
Gewicht	494 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Krankheiten / Heilverfahren
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Lebenshilfe / Lebensführung
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Angst / Depression / Zwang
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Klinische Psychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Persönlichkeitsstörungen
ISBN-10	1-4422-3362-1 / 1442233621
ISBN-13	978-1-4422-3362-1 / 9781442233621
Zustand	Neuware