Prozac Monologues

A Voice from the Edge

Prozac Monologues
Willa Goodfellow
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Paperback
h216 x 140mm - 216pg
10 Sep 2020 US
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9781631527319
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She was going to stab her doctor, but she wrote a book instead. Years later, Willa Goodfellow revisits her account of the antidepressant-induced hypomania that hijacked her Costa Rican vacation and tells the rest of the story: her missed diagnosis of Bipolar 2, how she' d been given the wrong medications, and finally, her process of recovery. Prozac Monologues is a book within a book-part memoir of misdiagnosis and part self-help guide about life on the bipolar spectrum. Through edgy and comedic essays, Goodfellow offers information about a mood disorder frequently mistaken for major depression as well as resources for recovery and further study. Plus, Costa Rica. * If your depression keeps coming back . . . * If your antidepressant side effects are dreadful . . . * If you are curious about the bipolar spectrum . . . * If you want ideas for recovery from mental illness . . . * If you care for somebody who might have more than depression . . . . . . This book is for you.
"Brilliantly written, engaging from the first page, Prozac Monologues is a bit like a great evening at a first-rate comedy club . . . except that it is deadly serious. Goodfellow' s painful and all-too-common journey to finding the right treatment for her bipolar disorder points her to the ultimate realization that doing well with this illness requires the right medication, the right psychotherapy, and the specific lifestyle modifications that support wellness. "-ELLEN FRANK, PhD, distinguished Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and author of Treating Bipolar Disorder: A Clinician' s Guide to Interpersonal and Social Rhythm Therapy"A wake-up call to the medical profession and a ray of hope for people with mood disorders. If antidepressants haven' t lived up to their name, or have even made you feel worse, this book is for you. You' ll gain a textbook' s worth of knowledge about depression and bipolar disorder without ever feeling like you read a textbook. "-CHRIS AIKEN, MD, editor-in-chief of The Carlat Psychiatry Report, Mood Disorders Section editor for Psychiatric Times, and director of Mood Treatment Center"At once a clear, compelling, and helpful guide for the often confusing territory of mood disorders and a vividly written personal narrative. Goodfellow writes with a mixture of justifiable anger, empathic understanding, and uproarious humor. "-RONALD W. PIES, MD, Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry, SUNY Upstate Medical University, and author of Psychiatry on the Edge
Willa Goodfellow' s early work with troubled teens as an Episcopal priest shaped an edgy perspective and preaching style. A bachelor' s degree from Reed College and a master' s from Yale gave her the intellectual chops to read and comprehend scientific research about mental illness-and her life mileage taught her to recognize and call out the bull. So, she set out to turn her own misbegotten sojourn in the land of antidepressants into a writing career. Her journalism has attracted the attention of leading psychiatrists who worked on the DSM-5. She is certified in Mental Health First Aid, graduated from NAMI' s Peer to Peer, and has presented on mental health recovery at NAMI events and Carver Medical College of Medicine at the University of Iowa. This is her first book. Willa lives in Sisters, Oregon.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781631527319
Published: 10 Sep 2020
Published In: United States
Imprint: She Writes Press
Publisher: She Writes Press
Format: Paperback
Height: 216mm
Width: 140mm
Pages: 216

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