mentally ill

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mentally ill

One flew over the cuckoo's nest

2003
A rebel named Randle Patrick McMurphy is committed to a mental ward and challenges the authority of its dictatorial head nurse. Includes line drawings by the author.

I know this much is true

1999
For most of his life Dominick Birdsey has been living in the shadow of his schizophrenic identical twin, Thomas, but when Thomas commits a violent act that affects both their lives, Dominick decides to leave his home and search for his true identity.

How to cope with mental illness in your family

a self-care guide for siblings, offspring, and parents
1998
Provides advice for the friends and relatives of people who are suffering from a mental illness on how to cope with their emotions; includes information on the stages of recovery, how to reclaim their lives, where to find help, and other related topics.

Rabble Starkey

1987
Many things change for twelve-year-old Rabble Starkey, her mother, and her best friend, Veronica Bigelow when Veronica's mother becomes mentally incapacitated and the Starkeys move in with the Bigelows.

Memories of summer

2002
In 1955, thirteen-year-old Lyric finds her whole life changing when her family moves from the hills of Virginia to a town in Michigan and her older sister Summer begins descending into mental illness.

The invisible man

2003
A scientist who has discovered how to make his body invisible, becomes violently insane when he realizes he cannot change back to visible form.

Coping when a parent is mentally ill

2001
Offers teenagers advice on how to cope with a parent's mental illness.

The invisible man

2002
The tale of a scientist who discovers how to make his body become invisible, but, when he can't make himself visible again, becomes violently insane.

Humming whispers

1995
Sophy fears that she will become like her older sister Nicole who has schizophrenia.

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