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050 00 $aRC516$b.H67 2008
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100 1 $aHornbacher, Marya,$d1974-
245 10 $aMadness :$ba bipolar life /$cMarya Hornbacher.
260 $aBoston :$bHoughton Mifflin,$c2008.
300 $a299 p. ;$c22 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 294-298).
520 $aWhen Marya Hornbacher published her first book, Wasted, she did not yet know the reason for her all-but-shattered young life. At age 24, Hornbacher was diagnosed with Type 1 rapid-cycle bipolar, the most severe form of bipolar disease there is. Here, in her trademark wry, self-revealing voice, Hornbacher tells her new story. She takes us inside her own desperate attempts to control violently careening mood swings by self-starvation, substance abuse, numbing sex, and self-mutilation. How Hornbacher fights her way up from a madness that all but destroys her, and what it is like to live in a difficult and sometimes beautiful life and marriage, is at the heart of this brave memoir. Millions of people in America struggle with a variety of disorders that may mask their true diagnosis of bipolar; also, Hornbacher's portrait of her own bipolar as early as age four will change the current debate on whether bipolar exists in children.--From publisher description.
600 10 $aHornbacher, Marya,$d1974-$xMental health.
650 0 $aManic-depressive persons$zUnited States$vBiography.
650 0 $aManic-depressive illness.