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Hello I want to die please fix me depression in the first person

"A personal story of depression, as well as a journalistic account of its role and ramifications in society today"--

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Main Author: Paperny, Anna Mehler (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : The Experiment, [2020]
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Paperny, Anna Mehler.
Paperny, Anna Mehler > Mental health.
Mental health services > Canada.
Depressed persons > Mental health services > Canada.
Depressed persons > Medical care > Canada.
Depression, Mental > Treatment > Canada.
Journalists > Canada > Biography.
Depressed persons > Canada > Biography.
Mental health services.
Autobiographies.
Personal narratives.
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I: In the first person. Cataclysm
  • When you try to die and don't
  • Psych-ward sojourn
  • What, me depressed?
  • When diagnosis makes you crazy
  • Killing yourself is tougher than you'd think
  • Know thine enemy
  • Checking boxes
  • Suicide blues
  • Getting in trouble
  • Part II: Treatment attempts. A pill-popping parade
  • Good noticing!
  • Zapping, shocking, and burning your brain into submission
  • Brainiacs
  • A dry pharma pipeline
  • Old illness, new tricks : the electrode in your brain
  • Old illness, new tricks : from psychedelics to smartphones
  • Part III: A kick in the teeth. Stigma and related bullshit
  • Through the cracks
  • Mental health is for rich people
  • Trying to heal the littlest minds
  • "More children do not have to die"
  • Race as barrier
  • Part IV: In the maze. Who you gonna call?
  • How to talk about what we talk about when we talk about wanting to die
  • Certifiable
  • Trust issues
  • Part V: A denouement of sorts. First person afterword.

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