Breakdown: A Personal Crisis and a Medical Dilemma [Hardcover]

Stuart Sutherland (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 9, 1998 | ISBN-10: 0198523807 | ISBN-13: 978-0198523802 | Edition: 2

Here is a riveting first-person account of manic depressive illness, told by a trained psychologist with remarkable candor and insight. The newly revised edition includes new chapters on the latest therapies, including drugs such as Prozac, which are being deployed to battle this prevalent mental disorder. A best seller in its first edition, Breakdown remains a dramatic autobiographical drama, laced with tension and chilling impact, and including a critical appraisal of various therapeutic approaches. It makes absorbing reading for anyone who has suffered from depression or knows someone who has, including psychologists, psychiatrists, psychotherapists, students and general readers interested in mental illness, its causes, effects, and treatments.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"This is a book unlike any other I have read. It combines a searingly honest and terrifyingly detailed account of a mental breakdown with a professional's description of the reality of mental illness as it is treated in our society. It is unforgettable. This is what a breakdown is really like."--Kinsley Amis, on the first edition

About the Author

Stewart Sutherland is Professor in the Department of Experimental Psychology at the University of Sussex.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 320 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; 2 edition (July 9, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0198523807
• ISBN-13: 978-0198523802
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,673,090 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)