Julie Hersh
Autore di Struck by Living: From Depression to Hope
Sull'Autore
Opere di Julie Hersh
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Hersh, Julie K.
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Dallas, Texas, USA
- Istruzione
- University of Notre Dame (BBA|Marketing)
Utenti
Recensioni
Statistiche
- Opere
- 3
- Utenti
- 22
- Popolarità
- #553,378
- Voto
- 4.5
- Recensioni
- 2
- ISBN
- 5
- Lingue
- 1
1. The author found anti-depressants ineffective and eventually benefited from electro-convulsive therapy, which isn't commonly used anymore but can yield miraculous results for treatment-resistant depression.
2. The book shows that even the advantages of intelligence, a good education, wealth and a loving, supportive family and friends are no guarantee for mental health. This isn't one of those sob stories about an abusive family background or bad childhood or poverty. Julie Hersh came from a normal family, has a good marriage and two wonderful children and lots of friends, became wealthy and prosperous, and still became so depressed that she tried to commit suicide.
In spite of the topic, the book manages to have an upbeat tone and the narrative moves along quickly. The only flaw I can find is that it skips back and forth in time too much for my taste. It's not so much that I had a hard time figuring out what was happening when, but it was a little jarring.
(Disclaimer: the author gave me a free copy of her book for review.)… (altro)