Brilliant Madness

Living with Manic Depressive Illness

Patty Duke, Gloria Hochman

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English

Bantam Books Inc
01 September 1993

Biography: general

In her revealing bestseller Call Me Anna, Patty Duke shared her long-kept secret- the talented, Oscar-winning actress who won our hearts on The Patty Duke Show was suffering from a serious-but-treatable-mental illness called manic depression. For nearly twenty years, until she was correctly diagnosed at age thirty-five, she careened between periods of extreme euphoria and debilitating depression, prone to delusions and panic attacks, temper tantrums, spending sprees, and suicide attempts. Now in A Brilliant Madness Patty Duke joins with medical reporter Gloria Hochman to shed light on this powerful, paradoxical, and destructive illness. From what it's like to live with manic-depressive disorder to the latest findings on its most effective treatments, this compassionate and eloquent book provides profound insight into the challenge of mental illness. And though Patty's story, which ends in a newfound happiness with her cherished family, it offers hope for all those who suffer from mood disorders and for the family, friends, and physicians who love and care for them.

By: Patty Duke
Contributions by: Gloria Hochman
Imprint: Bantam Books Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 168mm, Width: 106mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 193g
ISBN: 9780553560725
ISBN 10: 0553560727
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 01 September 1993
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Patty Duke(1946-2016) was a true show business legend whose career spanned six decades.Her Oscar win for her role as Helen Keller in The Miracle Workermade her, at the time, the youngest Academy Award winner. Shealso entered the history books as the youngest person to have a show bearing her full name, withThe Patty Duke Show, on which she played genetically unexplainable identical cousins.In addition to her acting, she became the second woman ever elected president of the Screen Actors Guild. Gloria Hochmanis an award-winning journalist andNew York Timesbestselling author. Her works includeABrilliant Madness- Living with Manic-Depressive Illness and The Age for Change. Shehas published hundreds of articles for The Philadelphia Inquirer Magazine, where she continues to write for the newspaper's Health and Science section; Newsweek; Ladies'Home Journal; Psychology Today, Reader's Digest, and Science Digest. She also has reviewed books forThe New York Times.