Description: Further DetailsTitle: Mental TravelerCondition: NewEAN: 9780226695938ISBN: 9780226695938Publisher: University of Chicago PressFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 09/01/2020Item Height: 216mmItem Length: 140mmAuthor: W J T MitchellLanguage: EnglishSubtitle: A Father, a Son, and a Journey Through SchizophreniaDescription: How does a parent make sense of a child's severe mental illness? How does a father meet the daily challenges of caring for his gifted but delusional son, while seeking to overcome the stigma of madness and the limits of psychiatry? W. J. T. Mitchell's memoir tells the story--at once representative and unique--of one family's encounter with mental illness, and bears witness to the life of the talented young man who was his son. Gabriel Mitchell was diagnosed with schizophrenia at the age of twenty-one and died by suicide eighteen years later. He left behind a remarkable archive of creative work and a father determined to honor his son's attempts to conquer his own illness. Before his death, Gabe had been working on a film that would show madness from inside and out, as media stereotype and spectacle, symptom and stigma, malady and minority status, disability and gateway to insight. He was convinced that madness is an extreme form of subjective experience that we all endure at some point in our lives, whether in moments of ecstasy or melancholy or in the enduring trauma of a broken heart. Gabe's declared ambition was to transform schizophrenia from a death sentence to a learning experience, and madness from a curse to a critical perspective. Through vignettes and memories, by turns difficult, unsettling, and humorous, Mental Traveler shows how Mitchell was drawn into Gabe's quest for enlightenment within madness. Shot through with love and pain, this memoir holds many lessons for anyone struggling to cope with mental illness, and especially for parents and caregivers of those caught in its grasp.Country/Region of Manufacture: USGenre: MedicineTopic: Personal Development, Society & Culture, BiographyRelease Year: 2020 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Mental Traveler
Title: Mental Traveler
EAN: 9780226695938
ISBN: 9780226695938
Release Date: 09/01/2020
Release Year: 2020
Subtitle: A Father, a Son, and a Journey Through Schizophrenia
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Book Title: Mental Traveler : a Father, a Son, and a Journey Through Schizophrenia
Number of Pages: 192 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Item Height: 0.9 in
Topic: Parenting / Fatherhood, Psychopathology / Schizophrenia, General, Psychopathology / General, Medical, Individual Director (See Also Biography & Autobiography / Entertainment & Performing Arts), Artists, Architects, Photographers, Film / History & Criticism
Publication Year: 2020
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Family & Relationships, Performing Arts, Biography & Autobiography, Psychology
Item Weight: 14.1 Oz
Author: W. J. T. Mitchell
Item Length: 8.5 in
Item Width: 5.5 in
Format: Hardcover
