*MEDICAL & MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE BOOKS* - VOLUME I
Discover essential medical and mental health books in Volume I, featuring Intern by Sandeep Jauhar and Hurry Down Sunshine by Michael Greenberg—powerful stories on bipolar disorder and the doctor-patient journey. Explore curated memoirs on health issues and mental wellness.
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Hurry Down Sunshine
by Michael Greenberg
In an unsentimental and provocative account, the author details his young daughter's sudden onset of mental illness and her long and difficult journey back to life.
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Moments of Clarity: Voices from the Front Lines of Addiction and Recovery
by Lawford, Christopher Kennedy
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Intern
by Sandeep Jauhar
Intern is Dr. Sandeep Jauhar's story of his days and nights in residency at a busy hospital in New York City, a trial that led him to question his every assumption about medical care today. Residency—and especially its first year, the internship—is legendary for its brutality, and Jauhar's experience was even more harrowing than most. He switched from physics to medicine in order to follow a more humane calling—only to find that his new profession often had little regard for patients' concerns. He struggled to find a place among squadrons of cocky residents and doctors. He challenged the practices of the internship in The New York Times, attracting the suspicions of the medical bureaucracy. Then, suddenly stricken, he became a patient himself—and came to see that today's high-tech, high-pressure medicine can be a humane science after all. Jauhar's beautifully written memoir explains the inner workings of modern medicine with rare candor and insight.
