Acquainted with the Night A Parent's Quest to Understand Depression and Bipolar Disorder in His Children【電子書籍】[ Paul Raeburn ]

＜p＞＜strong＞In the tradition of Kay Redfield Jamison’s ＜em＞An Unquiet Mind＜/em＞, ＜em＞Acquainted with the Night＜/em＞ is a powerful memoir of one man’s struggle to deal with the adolescent depression and bipolar disorder of his son and his daughter.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Seven years ago Paul Raeburn’s son, Alex, eleven, was admitted to a psychiatric hospital after leaving his fifth-grade classroom in an inexplicable rage. He was hospitalized three times over the next three years until he was finally diagnosed by a psychiatrist as someone exhibiting a clear-cut case of bipolar disorder. This ended a painful period of misdiagnosis and inappropriate drug therapy. Then Raeburn’s younger daughter, Alicia, twelve, was diagnosed as suffering from depression after episodes of self-mutilation and suicidal thoughts. She too was repeatedly admitted to psychiatric hospitals. All during this terrible, painful time, Raeburn’s marriage was disintegrating, and he had to ask what he and his wife might have done．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る