mentally ill

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mentally ill

Gilligan's wake

2003
Gilligan, a psychiatric patient who insists his name is Maynard Krebs, and the other six characters from the "Gilligan's Island" television series, tell what their lives were like before they embarked on that fateful three-hour tour.

The invisible man

2005
Griffin, a scientist, creates a serum to make himself invisible and eventually goes insane. Includes an introduction, explanatory notes, and a biography of the author.

What Impact does mental illness have on violent crime?

2015
A Gallup poll reported in September 2013 that 80 percent of Americans blamed mass shootings on a failure of the mental health system to identify individuals who are a danger to others. Through objective discussion, numerous quotes, and full-color illustrations this title examines What Are the Origins of Concerns About Mental Illness and Crime?.

Out of the shadows

confronting American's mental illness crisis
1997
A powerful indictment of how we treat people suffering from acute mental illness.

I never promised you a rose garden

1984
Chronicles the three-year battle of a mentally ill, but perceptive, teenage girl against a world of her own creation.

Dual diagnosis

drug addiction and mental illness
2013
Describes what life is like for those who have both a drug addiction and a mental illness and explores treatment options.

One flew over the cuckoo's nest

1999
A rebel named Randle Patrick McMurphy is committed to a mental ward and challenges the authority of its dictatorial head nurse.

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