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The mind electric : a neurologist on the strangeness and wonder of our brains / by Anand, Pria,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.In this collection of medical tales a neurologist reckons with the stories we tell about our brains, and the stories our brains tell us. A girl believes she has been struck blind for stealing a kiss. A mother watches helplessly as each of her children is replaced by a changeling. A woman is haunted each month by the same four chords of a single song. In neurology, illness is inextricably linked with narrative, the clues to unravelling these mysteries hidden in both the details of a patient's story and the tells of their body. Stories are etched into the very structure of our brains, coded so deeply that the impulse for storytelling survives and even surges after the most devastating injuries. But our brains are also porous -- the stories they concoct shaped by cultural narratives about bodies and illness that permeate the minds of doctors and patients alike. In the history of medicine, some stories are heard, while others -- the narratives of women, of Black and brown people, of displaced people, of disempowered people -- are too often dismissed. In The Mind Electric, neurologist Pria Anand reveals -- through case study, history, fable, and memoir -- all that the medical establishment has overlooked: the complexity and wonder of brains in health and in extremis, and the vast grey area between sanity and insanity, doctor and patient, and illness and wellness, each separated from the next by the thin veneer of a different story. Moving from the Boston hospital where she treats her patients, to her childhood years in India, to Isla Providencia in the Caribbean and to the Republic of Guinea in West Africa, she demonstrates again and again the compelling paradox at the heart of neurology: that even the most peculiar symptoms can show us something universal about ourselves as humans.
Subjects: Brain; Brain; Mental illness.; Neurology.; Neurosciences.; Racism in medicine.; Sexism in medicine.;
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Wolf at the table : a novel / by Rapp, Adam,author.;
"As late summer 1951 descends on Elmira, New York, Myra Larkin, thirteen, the oldest child of a large Catholic family, meets a young man she believes to be Mickey Mantle. He chats her up at a local diner and gives her a ride home. The matter consumes her until later that night, when a triple homicide occurs just down the street, opening a specter of violence that will haunt the Larkins for half a century. As the siblings leave home and fan across the country, each pursues a shard of the American dream. Myra serves as a prison nurse while raising her son, Ronan. Her middle sisters, Lexy and Fiona, find themselves on opposite sides of class and power. Alec, once an altar boy, is banished from the house and drifts into oblivion. As he becomes an increasingly alienated loner, his mother begins to receive postcards full of ominous portent. What they reveal, and what they require, will shatter a family and lead to devastating reckoning"--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Conflict of generations; Families; Intergenerational relations; Mental illness; Serial murderers; Siblings;
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Autism arts : a partnership between Autism Nova Scotia and the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia / by Sheppard, Dale,1955-author.; Art Gallery of Nova Scotia.;
Art has the potential to bring us together and create lasting connections. As humans, we have a universal need to express ourselves, find meaning, and experience a sense of belonging in our communities. In 2006, the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia and Autism Nova Scotia partnered to develop a recreational art program that provided a safe and supportive environment for participants to express themselves creatively. In these classes, artists work in collaboration with autism support specialists and volunteers to provide meaningful and positive art experiences for children and young adults on the autism spectrum. Autism Arts showcases the collaborative nature and profound impact of the program. Featuring interviews with participants and their families, facilitators, and therapists and autism support specialists, this unique resource gathers reflections, stories, and feedback; documents workshops, representative artworks, and visual stories of social interactions; and reflects on the role museums and galleries can play in inclusion. Richly illustrated and accompanied with real-life stories, curriculum choices, and lesson plans, Autism Arts invites the reader both to celebrate and to share in the optimism and promise inclusive programming holds for all of us.
Subjects: Art therapy for children.; Art and mental illness.; Autism.; Artists; Arts; Creative ability.;
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Jane Eyre / by Brontë, Charlotte,1816-1855,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Romance fiction.; Governesses; Classics; Fathers and daughters; Mentally ill women; Charity-schools; Married people; Country homes; Young women; Orphans;
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Furiously happy : a funny book about horrible things / by Lawson, Jenny,1979-;
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Subjects: Lawson, Jenny, 1979-; Journalists; Humorists, American; Mental illness;
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Professor T. [videorecording] / by Aubrey, Juliet,1969-actor.; De la Tour, Frances,1944-actor.; Gathergood, Andy,1974-actor.; Miller, Ben,1966-actor.; Naomi, Emma,actor.; Piedfort, Paul,creator.; Reith, Douglas,actor.; Vos, Dries,television director.; White, Barney,actor.; Woodward, Sarah,actor.; Beta Film GmbH,production company.; Caviar (Firm),production company.; Eagle Eye Drama,production company.; PBS Distribution,distributor.; Screen Flanders (Flanders, Belgium),production company.;
Ben Miller, Frances de la Tour, Emma Naomi, Barney White, Sarah Woodward, Juliet Aubrey, Andy Gathergood, Douglas Reith.Every aspect of Professor Jasper Tempest's life is precisely calibrated and rigidly structured. Impeccably dressed and meticulously punctual, he lectures daily at the Cambridge Institute of Criminology, teaching students imaginatively, if pedantically, about the science of crime. And each evening, he returns home to his apartment, which is as sterile and systematically ordered as a science lab. Thanks to this strictly regimented approach, his OCD and germaphobia are under control. But Professor T's buttoned-down world is slowly undone when he is persuaded by one of his former students, Detective Sergeant Lisa Donckers, to assist her in investigating a serial rapist.14A.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; stereophonic.
Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Detective and mystery television programs.; Television programs.; Television crime shows.; College teachers; Criminal investigation; Criminologists; Family secrets; Mentally ill; Mothers and sons; Obsessive-compulsive disorder; Serial rape investigation;
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The electrical life of Louis Wain [videorecording] / by Cumberbatch, Benedict,1976-actor.; Foy, Claire,1984-actor.; Riseborough, Andrea,1981-actor.; Sharpe, Will,1986-screenwriter,film director.; Sphere Films,distributor.;
Benedict Cumberbatch, Claire Foy, Andrea Riseborough.English artist Louis Wain rises to prominence at the end of the 19th century for his surreal cat paintings that seemed to reflect his declining sanity.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.DVD ; wide screen presentation ; 5.1 surround sound.
Subjects: Biographical films.; Feature films.; Fiction films.; Historical films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Wain, Louis, 1860-1939; Animal painters; Cats in art; Illustrators; Male artists; Man-woman relationships; Mentally ill;
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Broken (in the best possible way) / by Lawson, Jenny,1973-author.;
"As Jenny Lawson's hundreds of thousands of fans know, she suffers from depression. In Broken (in the best possible way), she explores her experimental treatment of transcranial magnetic stimulation with brutal honesty. But also with brutal humor: "People do different things to distract themselves during each treatment. I embroider. It feels fitting. I'm being magnetically stabbed in the head thousands of times as I'm stabbing the embroidery myself. I don't embroider the same patterns my grandmother did. I embroider girls with octopus faces, David Bowie, a flowery bouquet with FUCK YES written in the middle. They let you do anything as long as it's 'positive.'" Jenny discusses the frustration of dealing with her insurance company in "An Open Letter to My Insurance Company," which should be an anthem for anyone who has ever had to call their insurance company to try and get a claim covered. On the lighter side, she tackles such timelessly debated questions as "How do dogs know they have penises?" We see how her vacuum cleaner almost set her house on fire, how she was attacked by three bears, business ideas she wants to pitch to Shark Tank, and why she can never go back to the post office. Of course, Jenny's long-suffering husband Victor-the Ricky to Jenny's Lucille Ball-is present throughout. A treat for Jenny Lawson's already existing fans, and destined to convert new ones, Broken is a beacon of hope and a wellspring of laughter"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Lawson, Jenny, 1973-; Lawson, Jenny, 1973-; Humorists, American; Journalists; Mental illness;
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Broken (in the best possible way) [sound recording] / by Lawson, Jenny,1973-author,narrator.; Macmillan Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by the author."As Jenny Lawson's hundreds of thousands of fans know, she suffers from depression. In Broken (in the best possible way), she explores her experimental treatment of transcranial magnetic stimulation with brutal honesty. But also with brutal humor: "People do different things to distract themselves during each treatment. I embroider. It feels fitting. I'm being magnetically stabbed in the head thousands of times as I'm stabbing the embroidery myself. I don't embroider the same patterns my grandmother did. I embroider girls with octopus faces, David Bowie, a flowery bouquet with FUCK YES written in the middle. They let you do anything as long as it's 'positive.'" Jenny discusses the frustration of dealing with her insurance company in "An Open Letter to My Insurance Company," which should be an anthem for anyone who has ever had to call their insurance company to try and get a claim covered. On the lighter side, she tackles such timelessly debated questions as "How do dogs know they have penises?" We see how her vacuum cleaner almost set her house on fire, how she was attacked by three bears, business ideas she wants to pitch to Shark Tank, and why she can never go back to the post office. Of course, Jenny's long-suffering husband Victor-the Ricky to Jenny's Lucille Ball-is present throughout. A treat for Jenny Lawson's already existing fans, and destined to convert new ones, Broken is a beacon of hope and a wellspring of laughter"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Audiobooks.; Autobiographies.; Lawson, Jenny, 1973-; Lawson, Jenny, 1973-; Humorists, American; Journalists; Mental illness;
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The strongest heart / by Faruqi, Saadia.;
Mo got used to tuning out his father's rage, and after mama leaves, Mo and Abbu move to Texas to live with family, but as Mo starts to see a future, he knows the monster within his father can come anytime.Ages 8-12.
Subjects: Mental illness; Fathers and sons; Families; Pakistani Americans;
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