Description |
310 pages ; 24 cm |
Summary |
"Over thirty years, doctors diagnosed Sarah Fay with six different mental illnesses--anorexia, major depressive disorder (MDD), anxiety disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and bipolar disorder. Pathological is the gripping story of what it was like to live with those diagnoses, and the crippling impact each had on her life. It is also a rigorous investigation into the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)--psychiatry’s "bible," the manual from which all mental illness diagnoses come"-- Provided by publisher. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-297) and index. |
Subject |
Fay, Sarah -- Mental health.
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Mentally ill -- United States -- Biography.
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Mental illness -- Diagnosis.
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Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders.
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Genre |
Autobiographies.
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ISBN |
9780063068681 hc. |
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