{"product_id":"beyond-madness-9781421441429","title":"Beyond Madness","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReveals proven solutions for bettering the lives of people with serious mental illness, their families, and their communities.   Leading scientist and gifted storyteller Rachel A. Pruchno, PhD, was shocked to encounter misinformation, ignorance, and intolerance when she sought to help her daughter, newly diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Turning to the scientific literature, Dr. Pruchno eventually found solutions, but she realized many others would need help to understand the highly technical writing and conflicting findings. In Beyond Madnesspart memoir, part history, and part empathetic guideDr. Pruchno draws on her decades as a mental health professional, her own family's experiences with mental illness, and extensive interviews with people with serious mental illness to discuss how individuals live with these illnesses, including bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and major depression. The book presents real-world vignettes that vividly describe what it is like to experience some of t\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt every turn, [Pruchno] puts human faces on maladies that experts sometimes reduce to abstractions. . . . A heartfelt and extremely informative overview of serious mental illness.\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrologue\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. Preliminary Points\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2. Breaking Brains\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3. Crisis Care\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4. New Normal\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5. Ongoing Obstacles\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6. Senseless Suffering\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7. Remarkable Resilience\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408142737751,"sku":"9781421441429","price":26.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781421441429.jpg?v=1730501743","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/beyond-madness-9781421441429","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}