Lunacy, Madness, and Melancholy: Biographies of Mental Illness that Changed the World (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780557769278)

Dr. Gary's easy to read biographical style explores the lives of a variety of historically significant people, each of whom has suffered some form of mental illness. The reader is taoally captivated by the unique insight into each individual. She ex plores their symptoms, their struggles, and identifies how their actions, driven by their mental disorder impacted the world. In simple and understandable language she explains each individual's mental disorder, which was often undected or misunderstood, and provides a probable twentieth first centuary psychiatric diagnosis.

Author: Debra L. Gary
ISBN-10: 0557769272
ISBN-13: 9780557769278
Publisher: Lulu.com
Language: English
Published: 03/10/2011
Pages: 136
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d