Psychiatric Tales : Eleven Graphic Stories about Mental Illness

English

ISBN: 1608192784

EAN: 9781608192786

Category: Psychology / Mental Illness/Comics & Graphic Novels / Nonfiction/Medical / Psychiatry / General/

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Release Date: 02/28/2011

Synopsis: Psychiatric Tales draws on Darryl Cunninghams time working in a psychiatric ward to give a reasoned and sympathetic look into the world of mental illness. In each chapter, Cunningham explores a different mental health problem, using evocative imagery to describe the experience of mental illness, both from the point of view of those beset by it and of those who live with them. As he reveals to us this human experience, he also shows how societys perceptions of and reactions to mental illness perpetuate needless stigma (for example, the myth that schizophrenic people are more likely to commit crimes than non-schizophrenic people). Concluding with a reflection of how mental illness has affected his own life, Darryl Cunninghams Psychiatric Tales is a moving, engaging examination of what is, at its root, the human condition.

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Psychiatric Tales : Eleven Graphic Stories about Mental Illness

Illustrated: Yes

Format: Hardcover

Height: 0.66 inches

Width: 5.78 inches

Length: 8.35 inches

Weight: 12.17 oz

Pages: 160