Letters to a young madman
Subtitle: a memoir
By: Paul Gruchow ; [foreword by Louis Martinelli]
Publisher: Levins Pub.; Levins Publishing
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Minneapolis, Minn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 209
ISBN-13: 9780985397234
Subjects: Mental illness; Mentally ill; Depressed persons; Mental Depression; Biography; American Authors
Description: "In Letters to a Young Madman, a man of genius, of uncanny writing ability, and of profound empathy for the mentally ill, recounts his 'spectacular plunge from competency into official madness.' Paul Gruchow's account of the mental illness, which eventually claimed his life, explores the double injury inflicted on the mentally ill. First, there is the illness itself, with its often debilitating symptoms. But then there is the more insidious injury made by society, stigmatization. In a voice remarkably clear, eloquent, and calm, Gruchow shows us why he came to regard the mentally ill as 'his heroes.' "--p. [4] of cover.