Manic

Zusatztext "Amazing and powerful...[MANIC] forces the reader into Cheney's bipolar world! into her deep and fearful depressions mixed with her giddy! high-flying manic moods." Informationen zum Autor Having specialized in intellectual property and entertainment law at several prominent Los Angeles firms, Terri Cheney now devotes her talents to the cause of mental illness. She was named a member of the board of the California Bipolar Foundation and the Community Advisory Board of the UCLA Mood Disorders Research Program. She is also the founder of a weekly support group at UCLA’s Semel Institute. She lives in Los Angeles. Klappentext An attractive, highly successful Beverly Hills entertainment lawyer, Terri Cheney had been battling debilitating bipolar disorder for the better part of her life—and concealing a pharmacy’s worth of prescription drugs meant to stabilize her moods and make her "normal." In explosive bursts of prose that mirror the devastating mania and extreme despair of her illness, Cheney describes her roller-coaster existence with shocking honesty, giving brilliant voice to the previously unarticulated madness she endured. Brave, electrifying, poignant, and disturbing, Manic does not simply explain bipolar disorder—it takes us into its grasp and does not let go. Zusammenfassung An attractive! highly successful Beverly Hills entertainment lawyer! Terri Cheney had been battling debilitating bipolar disorder for the better part of her life—and concealing a pharmacy’s worth of prescription drugs meant to stabilize her moods and make her "normal." In explosive bursts of prose that mirror the devastating mania and extreme despair of her illness! Cheney describes her roller-coaster existence with shocking honesty! giving brilliant voice to the previously unarticulated madness she endured. Brave! electrifying! poignant! and disturbing! Manic does not simply explain bipolar disorder—it takes us into its grasp and does not let go. ...

Product details

• Authors: Terri Cheney, Terri Cheney
• Publisher: William Morrow
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 03.02.2009
• EAN: 9780061430275
• ISBN: 978-0-06-143027-5
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 205 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Comic, cartoon, humour, satire > Comic; Biography: general, Memoirs, Psychiatry, Literary essays, Anthologies: general, Gender studies: women and girls, True stories of heroism, endurance and survival, Nature and the natural world: general interest, Diseases and disorders, Biography: historical, political and military, Biography: science, technology and medicine, Plays, Playscripts, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Personal Memoirs, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Women, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Historical, DRAMA: Women Authors, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Medical (incl. Patients), PSYCHOLOGY: Mental Health, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Survival, LAW: Health, MEDICAL: Psychiatry / General, PSYCHOLOGY: Suicide, Public health and safety law