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"Don and Mimi Galvin seemed to be living the American dream. After World War II, Don's work with the Air Force brought them to Colorado, where their twelve children perfectly spanned the baby boom. There was a script for a family like the Galvins--hard work, upward mobility, domestic harmony--and they all tried to play their parts. But behind the closed doors of the house on Hidden Valley Road was a far different reality: psychological breakdown,...
2) Stella Maris
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Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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The best-selling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Road returns with the second volume of The Passenger series: Stella Maris is an intimate portrait of grief and longing, as a young woman in a psychiatric facility seeks to understand her own existence. 1972, BLACK RIVER FALLS, WISCONSIN: Alicia Western, twenty years old, with forty thousand dollars in a plastic bag, admits herself to the hospital. A doctoral candidate in mathematics at the University...
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2019.
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English
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A letter from a son to a mother who cannot read. Written when the speaker, Little Dog, is in his late twenties, the letter unearths a family's history that began before he was born--a history whose epicenter is rooted in Vietnam--and serves as a doorway into parts of his life his mother has never known, all of it leading to an unforgettable revelation. At once a witness to the fraught yet undeniable love between a single mother and her son, it is...
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Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
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1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 37 min., 21 sec.) : digital, .flv file, sound
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English
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Schizophrenia and other psychotic illnesses interfere with the ability to think, act and feel. When acutely ill, a person may lose contact with reality. The symptoms are often very distressing for people affected and those who care for them. These Speaking from experience video clips offer first-hand accounts from people who have experienced Schizophrenia. It was produced in partnership with SANE Australia.
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Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
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1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 38 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound.
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English
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Schizophrenia is a serious mental illness characterized by incoherent or illogical thoughts, bizarre behaviour and speech, and delusions or hallucinations. Schizophrenia typically begins in young adulthood, and causes can be due to genetics, environment, and psychological and social processes. Delusions are beliefs that usually involve a misinterpretation of perceptions or experiences. Schizophrenia is a treatable illness, like many other types of...
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Publisher
New American Library
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
498 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
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A schizophrenic, map-obsessed, shut-in who tours the world using a computer program witnesses what he believes to be a murder in downtown New York City and enlists his caretaker brother in an effort to investigate.
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Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
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Inspector Sejer is trying to solve the case of a brutally murdered woman who lived alone in the middle of the woods. The chief suspect is a schizophrenic who recently escaped from a mental institution. The only witness, a 12-year-old boy, is a resident at a home for delinquents. When a demented man robs a bank and accidentally takes the suspect hostage, the three misfits are drawn into an uneasy alliance with Inspector Sejer's evidence gathering warped...
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Spoken Word Inc
Pub. Date
2011
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Unabridged
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English
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When readers first meet Ben, he is a sweet, intelligent, seemingly well-adjusted youngster. Fast forward to his teenage years, though, and Ben's life has spun out of control. Ben is swept along by an illness over which he has no control-one that results in runaway episodes, periods of homelessness, seven psychotic breaks, seven hospitalizations, and finally a diagnosis and treatment plan that begins to work. Schizophrenia strikes an estimated one...
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 136 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Dramatic biography of John Nash, a mathematical genius, who made an astonishing discovery early in his career and stood on the brink of international acclaim. But the handsome and arrogant Nash soon found himself on a painful and harrowing journey of self-discovery. After many years of struggle, he eventually triumphed over his schizophrenia, and finally, late in life, received the Nobel Prize.
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Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2000
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
This is the powerful, dramatic biography of math genius John Nash, who overcame serious mental illness and schizophrenia to win the Nobel Prize. This book is the inspiration for the Academy Award-winning film starring Russell Crowe and Jennifer Connelly and directed by Ron Howard.
"How could you, a mathematician, believe that extraterrestrials were sending you messages?" the visitor from Harvard asked the West Virginian with the movie-star
...12) The soloist
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (116 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 2005, the only thing hurting Los Angeles Times columnist and recent bike accident victim Steve Lopez more than his banged-up face, was his pressing need for story ideas. He soon discovers Nathaniel Ayers, a skid row schizophrenic street musician, who possesses extraordinary talent - even though he only has half-broken instruments to play. Inspired by Nathaniel's story, Lopez writes an acclaimed series of articles about him and attempts to do more...
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