Life After Darkness: A Doctor’s Journey Through Severe Depression
Autor Cathy Wielden Limba Engleză Paperback – 15 dec 2005
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781857757293
ISBN-10: 1857757297
Pagini: 240
Ilustrații: Illustrations
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.5 kg
Ediția:1 New ed.
Editura: CRC Press
Colecția CRC Press
Locul publicării:United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1857757297
Pagini: 240
Ilustrații: Illustrations
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.5 kg
Ediția:1 New ed.
Editura: CRC Press
Colecția CRC Press
Locul publicării:United Kingdom
Public țintă
General and Professional ReferenceCuprins
A promising future. Working mother. Falling into the pit. Time is no great healer. Freely consenting? Concerns for everyone. Torture made perfect. The therapeutic environment. Attempt at a slow death. Last resort. Winter of discontent. The new millennium. Summer, pain and shame. Dear diary. North of the border. The padded cell. Impatient and in disgrace. Interminable battle. The health commissioners visit. Mayflower or high security prisoner. A date at last. Never a dull moment. The end of the road. Light at the end of the tunnel. What on earth is email? Future considerations. A taste of the past. Postscript: in sickness and in health. Neurosurgery information sheet. Directory of organizations.
Descriere
Life After Darkness is the remarkable and moving story of a doctor and mother of four who endured seven years of severe depression. Self-harm, attempted suicides and admissions to psychiatric units culminated in her resorting to brain surgery as a final attempt to escape her illness. The story of Cathy Wield covers the horrors of time spent in archaic institutions and the loss of any hope, to a full recovery following surgery. Today she has returned to her career and rediscovered the joys of life and her family. This story is one of hope from an often hidden and stigmatised disease. ‘Important. Compelling and thought provoking. There are so many important messages in Cathy’s story, I believe it should become required reading for every medical student, every doctor, every nurse, every health service manager and every politician. This story should engage and concern healthcare staff, health service managers and politicians. It will surely also engage and outrage every reader. Listen to Cathy and keep an open mind.’ Keith Matthews, in his Foreword ‘Outstanding. Cathy’s story very ably and touchingly describes many of the features of a chronic depression that are so damaging, not only to the sufferer, but also to their family and social networks. I think anyone who reads this would want to congratulate Cathy on her courage in adversity, her recovery, and her service to mental health through being brave enough to revisit those terrible years and to set it down on paper for the benefit of everyone suffering from or caring for someone suffering from this grossly misunderstood illness.’Chris Thompson, in his Foreword