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We Heard the Angels of Madness: One Family's Struggle With Manic Depression
We Heard the Angels of Madness One Family's Struggle With Manic Depression Author:Diane Berger, Lisa Berger When eighteen-year-old Mark returned home from his first semester at college, his family thought he was on drugs. In fact, he was suffering from manic depression, a devastating mental illness that affects millions of Americans and their loved ones. — Diane Berger is Mark's mother and Lisa Berger is Diane's sister. Together they share both... more » the intimate and inspiring story of how their family coped with Mark's illness and the valuable information they gathered about manic depression over the course of his treatment: up-to-date facts on drugs, doctors, therapy, insurance, and other resources. They reveal how to identify the symptoms of manic depression and avoid a false diagnosis, which treatments work and which don't -- as well as the emotional experience of a mother battling for the sanity and well-being of her child.
Here is the story of emotional and dramatic power; here also is an invaluable guidebook through the medical mazes and challenges of surviving mental illness.« less