Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

W ciemnej dolinie. Rodzinna tragedia i tajemnica schizofrenii by Robert Kolker

32 reviews

katielaine_w's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Gun violence, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, and Violence

kat_e81's review against another edition

hopeful informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Murder, Grief, Drug use, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Cancer

ka_ke's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

4.0

Good read if you’re interested in the impacts of schizophrenia. It’s slow moving but each detail proves important. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Cancer, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Pedophilia, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Car accident, Child abuse, Confinement, Infidelity, Self harm, Stalking, and Toxic relationship

gloriazthompson's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Incest, Mental illness, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide attempt, and Suicide

jennifer_bush_73's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Gun violence, Violence, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, and Murder

amelew's review against another edition

emotional informative tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Rape, Pedophilia, Incest, Toxic relationship, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Suicide, Murder, Drug use, Stalking, Gun violence, and Medical trauma

alaina's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Violence

katymaryreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

3.5

 Fascinating insight, both into the life of a family with six children with schizophrenia and into some of the science behind potential treatments. Lots on the nature vs, nurture debate, without really reaching a conclusion. Not a happy read, especially as the "unaffected" members of the family were as traumatised as the sick ones, but interesting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Forced institutionalization, Suicide, Murder, Mental illness, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Medical trauma, and Sexual assault

slantrhymes's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad medium-paced

5.0

I couldn't put this book down. It's sad and fascinating. Kolker  tackles extremely fraught subjects clinically and delicately, always giving the utmost respect to the people he's writing about. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Suicide and Murder

Minor: Ableism, Abortion, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Antisemitism, Cancer, Car accident, Drug use, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Terminal illness

The author discusses all of the very, very difficult subjects as clinically and respectfully as possible--there is nothing sordid here--but he is honest about things that happened to and between the family members he interviewed for the book. Some of those things are stomach-turning.

eflatkey's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

Insightful into the world of mental illness and how very little we know about the disease. Interesting to read from multiple family member perspectives. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Chronic illness, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Pedophilia, and Toxic relationship