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Hello I Want to Die Please Fix Me

By Anna Mehler Paperny

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Hello I Want to Die Please Fix Me

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Depression is a havoc-wreaking illness that masquerades as personal failing and hijacks your life. After a major suicide attempt in her early twenties, Anna Mehler Paperny resolved to put her reporter's skills to use to get to know her enemy, setting off on a journey to understand her condition, the dizzying array of medical treatments on offer, and a medical profession in search of answers. Charting the way depression wrecks so many lives, she maps competing schools of therapy, pharmacology, cutting-edge medicine, the pill-popping pitfalls of long-term treatment, the glaring unknowns and the institutional shortcomings that both patients and practitioners are up against. She interviews leading medical experts across the US and Canada, from psychiatrists to neurologists, brain-mapping pioneers to family practitioners, and others dabbling in strange hypotheses-and shares compassionate conversations with fellow sufferers.

Hello I Want to Die Please Fix Me tracks Anna's quest for knowledge and her desire to get well. Impeccably reported, it is a profoundly compelling story about the human spirit and the myriad ways we treat (and fail to treat) the disease that accounts for more years swallowed up by disability than any other in the world.

If you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal thoughts, help is available. Contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-8255.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
352
Release Date:
2020-03-31
Publication Date:
2020-03-31
Publisher:
Experiment
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1615194924
ISBN13:
9781615194926
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
436 g
Height:
153 cm
Width:
231 cm
Thickness:
25 cm
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