BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Demco Software//Event Management System//EN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20180725T192045Z DTSTAMP:20180725T192045Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191030T144743Z DESCRIPTION:"Families are riddled with untold secrets. But Stephen\nHinshaw would have never thought that in his family a profound secret had been\nkept under lock and key for 18 years. From the moment his father revealed his\nlong history with mental illness and involuntary hospitalizations\, Hinshaw knew\nhis life would be changed forever. Hinshaw calls his father's reveal\n"psychological birth"--after years of experiencing the ups and downs\nof his father's illness without knowing it existed\, watching him disappear for\nweeks at a time only to return as the loving father he had always known\,\neverything he experienced as a child began to make sense. He learned as much as\npossible about his father's illness\, and what began as an exploration into his\nfather's past and mental health turned into a full-fledged career as a clinical\npsychologist. \n\nIn Another Kind of Madness\, Hinshaw\nexplores the burden of living in a family "loaded" with mental\nillness and debunks the "stigma" behind it\, explaining that in\ntoday's society\, mental health problems can result in a loss of a driver's\nlicense\, inability to vote or run for office\, ineligibility for jury service\,\nor automatic relinquishment of child custody. With a moving personal narrative\nand shocking facts about how America views mental health conditions in the 21st\ncentury\, Another Kind of Madness is a passionate call to arms regarding the\nimportance of destigmatizing mental illness" ~ Publisher SummaryBook Discussion sponsored by the National Alliance on Mental Illness Farmington Valley and the library.  \;  \;All readers are welcome. \; Copies of the book are available at the library one month prior to the discussion date.  \; Registration is appreciated. \; \nImage URL: https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.evanced.info/Customer/prosserlibrary/ANOTHER_KIND_OF_MADNESS_E4B68905.JPG X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
"Families are riddled with untold secrets. But Stephen\nHinshaw would have never thought that in his family a profound secret had been\nkept under lock and key for 18 years. From the moment his father revealed his\nlong history with mental illness and involuntary hospitalizations\, Hinshaw knew\nhis life would be changed forever. Hinshaw calls his father's reveal\n"psychological birth"--after years of experiencing the ups and downs\nof his father's illness without knowing it existed\, watching him disappear for\nweeks at a time only to return as the loving father he had always known\,\neverything he experienced as a child began to make sense. He learned as much as\npossible about his father's illness\, and what began as an exploration into his\nfather's past and mental health turned into a full-fledged career as a clinical\npsychologist.
In Another Kind of Madness\, Hinshaw\nexplores the burden of living in a family "loaded" with mental\nillness and debunks the "stigma" behind it\, explaining that in\ntoday's society\, mental health problems can result in a loss of a driver's\nlicense\, inability to vote or run for office\, ineligibility for jury service\,\nor automatic relinquishment of child custody. With a moving personal narrative\nand shocking facts about how America views mental health conditions in the 21st\ncentury\, Another Kind of Madness is a passionate call to arms regarding the\nimportance of destigmatizing mental illness" ~ Publisher Summary