Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family by Robert Kolker

41 reviews

sydneylittlefield's review

hopeful informative sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Incest, Medical content, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, and Sexual assault

samarakroeger's review

challenging dark informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

kind of a wild ride. not the best narrative nonfiction I have ever read (it drags a bit in parts), but a very engaging and horrific subject. I still don’t feel like I understand schizophrenia. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Child abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Suicide

aeriecircus's review

informative sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Bullying, Rape, Child abuse, Incest, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Murder, and Suicide

Minor: Gun violence, Confinement, and Physical abuse

novelteareader's review

challenging dark informative sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Medical trauma

Moderate: Pedophilia, Rape, and Incest

aliteracja's review

challenging dark informative reflective sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Medical content

Moderate: Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Bullying, and Pedophilia

librarymouse's review

challenging emotional informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

This was really interesting, though I often had trouble keeping track of the brothers because there was so many of them. I believe I've seen Margaret Galvin Johnson's art before, which I wasn't expecting when I started reading the book. Some of the research being done seems to be almost a positive spin on previous methods that had been used by the eugenics movement. This is very interesting take on reflecting on both the impact of mental illness and its treatments, and the human side of living through and coming out on the other side of trauma.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Murder, Pedophilia, Animal death, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Gun violence, Mental illness, Suicide, Ableism, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, Rape, and Suicide attempt

ashlieed's review

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Medical trauma, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Incest, Medical content, and Panic attacks/disorders

jmbz38's review against another edition

informative slow-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Incest, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Murder, Rape, and Suicide

Minor: Suicide attempt

realpteradactyl's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Chronic illness, Grief, Incest, Medical content, Murder, Suicide, Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

erinloneill's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Incest, Toxic relationship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, Murder, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Violence, and Sexual violence