Stalking Irish Madness
Searching for the Roots of My Family's Schizophrenia
New York : Bantam Dell, 2008.
Format: Book
Description: 273 pages ; 22 cm
The author looks at his family's battle with the scourge of schizophrenia, tracing the origins of the disease through earlier generations of his family against the backdrop of Irish history to reveal Ireland's long link to mental illness.
Contents:
The twisted strand. Away with the fairies -- Madness gallops -- The first pounce -- The second pounce -- Too much for Mom -- The Irish roots. Bog of no return -- London calling -- Beware the moon -- Chasing Egans -- Driven to Ballinasloe -- Grace of the gargle -- A Celtic walkabout -- Grand old men -- No gilding lilies -- Lord of the glen -- The pearl of Galway -- Back to Roscommon -- The haze of the homefront. Schizophrenia in Wonderland -- We are family.
Subjects:
Schizophrenia.
Schizophrenia -- Ireland.
Irish American families.
Irish -- Mental health.
Irish Americans -- Mental health.
Schizophrenia.
Schizophrenia -- Ireland.
Irish American families.
Irish -- Mental health.
Irish Americans -- Mental health.
ISBN:
9780553805253
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
PSYCHOLOGY Condition Tra | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-264) and index.