Mental: Lithium, Love, and Losing My Mind
- ISBN-10
- 0399574492
- ISBN-13
- 9780399574498
- Series
- Mental
- Category
- Psychology
- Pages
- 320
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2017
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Author
- Jaime Lowe
Description
"A riveting memoir and a fascinating investigation of the history, uses, and controversies behind lithium, an essential medication for millions of people struggling with bipolar disorder, stemming from Jaime Lowe's sensational 2015 article in The New York Times Magazine: 'I Don't Believe in God, but I Believe in Lithium: My 20-year Struggle with Bipolar Disorder'"--
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