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Summary: The definitive guide
Review: Torrey is arguably the world's greatest expert on fictional diseases. He and his coauthor do a splendid job of explaining how people who have no discernable organic disorder are actually victims of powerful yet invisible, magically demonic forces that ruin their lives. They make a compelling case for why people who are unhappy, annoying and socially unpopular have malfunctions in a part of the body called the "mental," and they are undeterred by the fact that the "mental" has yet to be located. All the right people are scapegoated and all the most popular coercive treatments are recommended.If the authors had lived and written in Salem history might have taken a different turn. The hunt for witches might still be ongoing.
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Summary: Surviving the Manic Depression Book
Review: While it has a lot of information on the disease, and describes the different medications in detail, it is a real snoozer. I would have rated it a 1 but it did serve one purpose: it helped cure those insomnia episodes that come with acute mania.
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