Hello I want to die please fix me : depression in the first person
Paperny, Anna Mehler2020
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Total copies: 1
"A personal story of depression, as well as a journalistic account of its role and ramifications in society today"-- An engrossing memoir-meets-investigative report that takes a fresh, frank look at how we treat depression. Depression is a havoc-wreaking illness that masquerades as personal failing and hijacks your life. After a major suicide attempt in her early twenties, Anna Mehler Paperny resolved to put her reporter's skills to use to get to know her enemy, setting off on a journey to understand her condition, the dizzying array of medical treatments on offer, and a medical profession in search of answers. Charting the way depression wrecks so many lives, she maps competing schools of therapy, pharmacology, cutting-edge medicine, the pill-popping pitfalls of long-term treatment, the glaring unknowns and the institutional shortcomings that both patients and practitioners are up against. She interviews leading medical experts across the US and Canada, from psychiatrists to neurologists, brain-mapping pioneers to family practitioners, and others dabbling in strange hypotheses-and shares compassionate conversations with fellow sufferers.Hello I Want to Die Please Fix Me tracks Anna's quest for knowledge and her desire to get well. Impeccably reported, it is a profoundly compelling story about the human spirit and the myriad ways we treat (and fail to treat) the disease that accounts for more years swallowed up by disability than any other in the world.If you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal thoughts, help is available. Contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-8255.
Main title:
Hello I want to die please fix me : depression in the first person / Anna Mehler Paperny.
Author:
Paperny, Anna Mehler, author
Imprint:
New York : The Experiment, [2020]
Collation:
xiv, 337 pages ; 23 cm
Notes:
"Originally published in Canada by Random House Canada, an imprint of Penguin Random House, in 2019. First published in the United States in revised form by The Experiment, LLC, in 2020."Includes bibliographical references (pages [312]-329) and index.
Linking notes:
Online version: Paperny, Anna Mehler. Hello I want to die please fix me New York : The Experiment, 2020
ISBN:
9781615194926 ((paperback))9781615196739 ((ebook))
Dewey class:
362.196852700971362.1968
LC class:
RA790.7.C2
Language:
English
Subject:
Paperny, Anna MehlerPaperny, Anna Mehler -- Mental healthMental health services -- CanadaDepressed persons -- Mental health services -- CanadaDepressed persons -- Medical care -- CanadaDepression, Mental -- Treatment -- CanadaJournalists -- Canada -- BiographyDepressed persons -- Canada -- BiographyMemoirsPsychologyAbnormal psychologySociology: death & dying
BRN:
552314