Patty Duke and Gloria Hochman (1992). A brilliant Madness: Living with manic-depressive illness New York: Bantam Books. Nonfiction The story I read was the true-life story of the actress from the 70's, Patty Duke. This book was one of continuing suspense and you could hardly put it down for anticipation of what was to come. The one thing I did not like about this book was the way it alternated between Patty's story and the co authors medical views in every other chapter. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Being human comes with experiencing and managing many different emotions, sadness being one of them. Everyone will occasionally feel sad or down, and those feelings are normal and in many cases will pass within a couple of days. However, depression is an "illness that involves the body, mood, and th...

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• Has Bibliography
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Many of the ones who find out and don't understand call them attentions seekers, which isn't the case at all. ... And the attention seekers are the ones who self-harm are doing it for pity from others, and to make the hurt ones feel worse about themselves. ...

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In today's society, people are better fed, better clothed, better housed, and better educated than at any previous time in history. We also have more quality health care, life expectancy, environmental safety, and computer technology. But with all these ups comes a downfall. More Americans today are...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate