Gutkind, Lee

A collection of stories revealing nurses at all stages of their careers, as they take on a most challenging and underappreciated job.

Every year, one in four American adults suffers from a diagnosable mental health disorder. In these true stories, writers and their loved ones struggle as their worlds are upended. What do you do when your father kills himself, or your mother is committed to a psych ward, or your daughter starts hearing voices telling her to harm herself?or when you yourself hear such voices? Addressing bipolar disorder, OCD, trichillomania, self-harm, PTSD, and other diagnoses, these stories vividly depict the difficulties and sorrows?and sometimes, too, the unexpected and surprising rewards?of living with mental illness.

Collects a series of intimate stories from people dealing with mental illness, describing the challenges they have faced and and how they have found hope.

An introduction to the genre of creative nonfiction, analyzing the creative structure of the essay, article, and book; discussing the challenge of finding a topic and communicating information in an interesting way; and including a sample book proposal, a look at writers' colonies and conferences, and other reference tools.

A variety of doctors describes their personal experiences of becoming a doctor including medical school, residency, and practice. Includes reflections on the surprises, disillusionments, and rewards of professional development.

We meet three teenagers suffering from mental health problems, whose progress and confidence are dashed by bureaucratic decisions to transfer them repeatedly among different institutions, the mothers and fathers who are blamed for poor parenting, and the government and welfare agents who must make policy decisions in a situation that so blatantly defies logic.

Explores the world of engineers and software designers at the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, expamining their work and the tasks and capabilities of the robots they create.