Shadows in the sun
Subtitle: healing from depression and finding the light within
By: Gayathri Ramprasad
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 269
ISBN-13: 9781616494759
Subjects: Mind and body therapies; Mental health; Postpartum depression; Mental Depression; Biography; Depressed persons
Description: The author discusses the mental illness she suffered from a young age and the treatment she received only after she left India and became a mother for the first time in the United Stateas, describing her emotional recovery and spiritual awakening and her role as an advocate for the mentally ill.
Notes: "A memoir"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-264).
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgments; title: Foreword; title: Prologue; title: Bright beginnings; title: Diwali at rama iyengar road; title: Mantras & miniskirts; title: Veil of darkness; title: Tomb of terror; title: American knight; title: Passport to paradise; title: Shadows in the sun; title: A welcome respite; title: Blessed motherhood; title: Postpartum blues; title: Descent into darkness; title: Breakdown; title: Prisoner in paradise; title: Awakening; title: Finding the light within; title: On the road to recovery; title: From adversity to advocacy; title: Epilogue; title: Glossary; title: Wellness resources; title: Disorders on the depression continuum; title: About the author.