mental health

Professor Robert V. Hine reflects on his family's efforts to help his daughter, Elene, overcome a serious personality disorder.

Becky Thayne and her mother alternate in describing how Becky suffered as a young woman from manic depression, anorexia, and bulimia and how she eventually recovered.

The author describes her two-year stay at a psychiatric hospital renowned for its famous clientele and for its progressive methods of treatment.

Describes the daily life, likes and dislikes, and habits of Russell Amenta, who is a happy boy despite being severely autistic.

Daniel Tammet, an autistic savant, offers an inside look at his life, describing how his rare condition, which gives him incredible mental powers and a compulsive need for order and routine, has influenced every aspect of his life and what challenges he has faced while trying to be independent.

John Robison recounts his struggles to fit in and communicate with others as he grew up, describing why he had so many problems relating to others and why he often turned to machines for comfort, rather than people, and explains how his life was changed when he was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome at age forty.

John Robison recounts his struggles to fit in and communicate with others as he grew up, describing why he had so many problems relating to others and why he often turned to machines for comfort, rather than people, and explains how his life was changed when he was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome at age forty.

Kelsey Osgood describes her decade-long battle with anorexia and explores the physical, internal, and social ramifications of eating disorders and subverts many of the popularly held notions of the illness.

Joan Frances Casey and her therapist, Lynn Wilson, chronicle Joan's intense journey to healing from multiple personality disorder, describing her diagnosis, her diverse personalities, her discovery that she had been abused as a child, and the growth of her and Lynn's relationship from doctor-patient to mother-daughter.