num_pages: 326
description: This memoir begins on the author’s last day of high school in 1983 when he and a friend took part in a drunken prank gone horribly wrong, resulting in a $1.2 million lawsuit. The stress of that incident pushed him over the edge, into a psychotic breakdown and acts of violence, causing repeated hospitalizations and forced treatment. The narrative then turns to the author’s recovery and emergence as a psychologist.
language: English
title: Hammerhead 84: A Memoir of Persistence
titlecomplete: Hammerhead 84: A Memoir of Persistence
genres: Memoir, Nonfiction, Mental Health, Psychology
ratings_count: 18
publisher: Graphite Press