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Title: Nothing to Hide: Mental Illness in the Family by Jean J. Beard, Peggy Gillespie, Gigi Kaeser, Kenneth, MD Duckworth, Kay R. Jamison ISBN: 1-56584-786-5 Publisher: New Press Pub. Date: October, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)
Rating: 5
Summary: Essential Reading
Comment: Nothing to Hide is one of the most important books I've read. As an advocate for people with mental illnesses ('consumers'), and one myself, I believe this book is an essential tool for understanding mental illness: The firsthand experience, how it affects families and friends, the battles for justice and against stigma, and consumers' pervasive courage, humor and grace in the face of despair. Who to speak better about these issues than those directly affected?
The book profiles 44 families of every race, age, size, and background, from all over the U.S. The splendid black and white photos by Gigi Kaeser portray smiling, laughing, playful families. This lightens the mood, and book highlights the families' dignity. All pictured family members talk about their experiences. I am blessed to know several of the families portrayed, and their stories are enlightening and inspiring, but I feel that I know all of the others, as well.
There's so much wisdom in these pages. Consumers detail the struggles and losses of mental illness, but they face it with heroic dignity and strength. The book is not a 'sob story' collection - it doesn't take pity on consumers, which they don't want. More importantly, the book dispels the age-old, tired stigmas surrounding mental illness: that those with it are lazy, violent, and/or stupid.
Family members talk openly of frustration, grief, and moments of love and triumph. Different families deal with mental illness in different ways. Many initially deny the illness, some place blame, and some suffer guilt. Most stand by their loved ones and fight for them. In today's dismal health care system, the families are often on the front lines of advocacy.
The families in this book truly have Nothing to Hide. Beard, Gillespie, and Kaiser have created a powerful document - a treasury and a tool for understanding mental illnesses and becoming a more tolerant society. I cannot recommend it highly enough.
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Title: I am Not Sick I Don't Need Help! by Xavier Amador, Anna-Lica Johanson ISBN: 0967718902 Publisher: Vida Press Pub. Date: June, 2000 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Detour: My Bipolar Road Trip in 4-D by Lizzie Simon ISBN: 0743446593 Publisher: Atria Books Pub. Date: 25 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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Title: Surviving Schizophrenia: A Manual for Families, Consumers, and Providers (4th Edition) by E. Fuller Torrey ISBN: 0060959193 Publisher: Quill Pub. Date: 08 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: The Bipolar Disorder Survival Guide: What You and Your Family Need to Know by David J. Miklowitz ISBN: 1572305258 Publisher: Guilford Press Pub. Date: 24 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Captain Underpants and the Big, Bad Battle of the Bionic Booger Boy, Part 1: The Night of the Nasty Nostril Nuggets by Dav Pilkey ISBN: 0439376106 Publisher: Blue Sky Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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