Functionally ill : Adventures with mental health
Subtitle: Becoming bipolar
By: Laura-Marie
Series: Functionally ill : Adventures with mental health
Publisher: the author
Place of publication: Sacramento, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 19
Subjects: Mental illness; Personal narratives; Racially mixed women
Description: Laura-Marie, at around 30-years-old, learns about her chronic mental illness, and that she is bipolar and manic depressive. She documents her symptoms, including hearing voices in her head, and her experiences at Northern California health clinics. She also provides information about Medicare and about mental health evaluations. Laura-Marie blogs at http://dangerouscompassions.blogspot.com
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Table of contents: title: Introduction-- What mania feels like-- What depression feels like-- What the voices sound like-- How I help myself-- Mental health letter-- Addendum-- The first clinic-- The evaluation-- Intake at the mental health clinic