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Autobiographical account of the last 10 years of the life of schizophrenia victim Ross Burke, who committed suicide in 1985 at the age of 32. Presented as a case study, the manuscript has been edited and published in accordance with the author's wishes. It includes an outline of Burke's life, endnotes, a commentary on the nature of the illness, a glossary of psychiatric/medical and drug terms, and references. The foreword is by writer, broadcaster and documentary filmmaker Anne Deveson, whose son also suffered from schizophrenia. Gates is an honorary consultant and neuropsychologist at the Armidale and New England Hospital.
Heading west to the Oregon Territory and an arranged marriage, Dorie Primfield never dreamed that a handsome stranger would kidnap her and claim her as his wife. Part Indian, part white, Dorie's abductor was everything she'd ever desired in a man, yet she wasn't about to submit to his passionate embrace without a fight. Then by a twist of fate, she had her captor at gunpoint and at her mercy, and she found herself torn between escaping into the wilderness--and turning a captive legacy into endless love.
Hannah Swensen and her bakery, The Cookie Jar, bask in the glow of Hollywood glamour when Main Street becomes a movie set. And although tensions simmer as the cameras roll, no one expects the action to turn deadly. . .until it's too late. . . There's no such thing as privacy in Lake Eden, but Hannah never thought things would go this far. Everyone has been telling her what to do ever since she got not one but two marriage proposals. Movie mania soon shoves Hannah's marriage dilemma into the background and even gives her cat a shot at stardom. The Cookie Jar serves as snack central with Main Street rented out for the week. She stirs lots of fresh gossip, whipping up treats for cast and crew, ...
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Most of us take our mental health for granted. But when confronted by mental illness in our family, our friends, or ourselves, even the most competent among us is likely to become bewildered. Understanding Troubled Minds provides a calm and authoritative guide to the full range of specific mental illnesses and available treatments. It deals with particular patterns of illness in women, children, and the elderly. It stresses the value of partnership among psychiatrists, patients, and their families. And it places this knowledge within the framework of modern psychiatry-from the history of the profession to just what it is that psychiatrists and fellow health-workers do, and how they can help....
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