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WINNER: Best Autobiography/Memoir, 2018 Best Book Awards, sponsored by American Book Fest
Glenn Close says: " Another Kind of Madness is one of the best books I've read about the cost of stigma and silence in a family touched by mental illness. I was profoundly moved by Stephen Hinshaw's story, written beautifully, from the inside-out. It's a masterpiece."
A deeply personal memoir calling for an end to the dark shaming of mental illness
Families are riddled with untold secrets. But Stephen Hinshaw never imagined that a profound secret was kept under lock and key for 18 years within his family--that his father's mysterious absences, for months at a time, resulted from serious mental illness and involuntary hospitalizations. From the moment his father revealed the truth, during Hinshaw's first spring break from college, he knew his life would change forever.
Hinshaw calls this revelation his "psychological birth." After years of experiencing the ups and downs of his father's illness without knowing it existed, Hinshaw began to piece together the silent, often terrifying history of his father's life--in great contrast to his father's presence and love during periods of wellness. This exploration led to larger discoveries about the family saga, to Hinshaw's correctly diagnosing his father with bipolar disorder, and to his full-fledged career as a clinical and developmental psychologist and professor.
In Another Kind of Madness , Hinshaw explores the burden of living in a family "loaded" with mental illness and debunks the stigma behind it. He explains that in today's society, mental health problems still receive utter castigation--too often resulting in the loss of fundamental rights, including the inability to vote or run for office or automatic relinquishment of child custody. Through a poignant and moving family narrative, interlaced with shocking facts about how America and the world still view mentalhealth conditions well into in the 21st century, Another Kind of Madness is a passionate call to arms regarding the importance of destigmatizing mental illness.
Author Notes
Stephen Hinshaw is a professor of psychology at UC Berkeley and of psychiatry at UC San Francisco. He has authored 350 scientific publications plus The Mark of Shame: Stigma of Mental Illness and an Agenda for Change (Oxford, 2007), the first U.S. book on mental illness stigma. His internationally renowned research has been covered in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Time, The Economist, and The Wall Street Journal, among others. He lives in Berkeley, CA.
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Booklist Review
Hinshaw, professor of psychology, has childhood memories of his father, a professor at Ohio State, disappearing for weeks at a time with no explanation. When Hinshaw enters college, his father confesses that he had been diagnosed as schizophrenic and was repeatedly hospitalized. His father's doctors had counseled him to protect his children by keeping his condition a secret. By digging into his father's past, Hinshaw discovers that his family is filled with both genius and madness. The years of secrecy take a toll on both Hinshaw's mother, who develops rheumatoid arthritis, and the author himself, who has occasional hallucinations, insomnia, and eating disorders. Hinshaw ends up devoting himself to the study of mental illness and tries to advocate for his father. His research leads to a new diagnosis for his dad (bipolar disorder), new medication, and, finally, a relief from his symptoms. The true culprit, Hinshaw discovers, is the stigma of mental illness, which leads to mistreatment, secrecy, and social dysfunction. This heartfelt memoir shares insights into the effects of mental illness on all involved.--Smith, Candace Copyright 2017 Booklist
Table of Contents
| Prefac | p. ix |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| 1 Sunday Dinner at the Willard | p. 9 |
| 2 Out in California | p. 26 |
| 3 The Midnight Drive | p. 44 |
| 4 The View from Right Field | p. 65 |
| 5 Miracles of Modern Medicine | p. 81 |
| 6 The CBS Evening News | p. 99 |
| 7 New England | p. 123 |
| 8 The Iron Suit | p. 141 |
| 9 Dawn | p. 155 |
| 10 The Thought Experiment | p. 177 |
| 11 A Deeper Layer | p. 196 |
| 12 Progressive Decline | p. 209 |
| 13 The End and the Beginning | p. 228 |
| 14 The Rest of My Life | p. 243 |
| Epilogue | p. 259 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 265 |
| Index of Medical Terms | p. 269 |
