Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Rough Sleepers: Dr. Jim O'Connell's urgent mission to bring healing to homeless people by Tracy Kidder

10 reviews

pbruce593's review against another edition

challenging reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Forced institutionalization, Sexual violence, Suicide, Alcoholism, Classism, Mental illness, Murder, Addiction, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Trafficking, and Violence

greenlivingaudioworm's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Alcohol, and Death

megansoetaert's review against another edition

emotional informative medium-paced

5.0

Tracy Kidder does such a great job at making the factual and informative personal. The care he takes with his subjects is so clear and makes his books very impactful.

Rough Sleepers tells the story of Dr. Jim O’Connell’s professional career with the Boston Healthcare for the Homeless Program. Dr. Jim and the healthcare workers in the program have dedicated decades to ensuring everyone in Boston has access to healthcare, even when no other parties in the city, state, or country were trying to make the situation for unhoused people better. The stories in this book humanize homelessness and (hopefully) inspire critical thinking and compassion.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical content, Mental illness, and Drug abuse

laurasullivan's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Medical content, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Mental illness, Abandonment, Addiction, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Cancer, Chronic illness, Classism, Blood, Death, and Confinement

amanda884's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Child abuse

Moderate: Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic, Rape, Animal death, Gun violence, and Murder

nycsquirrel's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative medium-paced

4.0

Much like Mountains Beyond Mountains followed Dr. Paul Farmer's work (co-founder of Partners in Health), Kidder follows Dr. Jim O'Connell and his Street Team crew who attempt to provide medical support and the occasional safe haven to the unhoused population of Boston. There isn't a clear structure to the book, and spoiler, no grand solution to homelessness. However, it is an eye opening look at this community and the challenges they face, and a demonstration by Dr. O'Connell for how to work with people respectfully.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence, Mental illness, Drug abuse, and Child abuse

hopbj's review against another edition

dark informative reflective sad slow-paced

3.5

This book takes the topic of homelessness under a microscope by focusing on individual stories about homeless people this doctor met. I had a hard time getting myself engaged with any of the stories or getting myself to like the characters. I think a more broad big picture story about homelessness in Boston would have been more interesting to me.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Self harm, Grief, Medical content, Rape, Alcoholism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Murder, Mental illness, Pandemic/Epidemic, Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual assault

bendercath's review against another edition

challenging dark informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

This book reveals so many aspects of the people who struggle with homelessness in our country. As someone who works with this population, I found the observations and insights very validating of what I have seen and experienced. I appreciated the commentary on social and political policy. It did get a bit tedious with overly detailed descriptions of some rough sleepers’ medical conditions and actions. Overall, an excellent book that leaves me with much to ponder and consider. Thank you.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Medical content, Classism, and Drug use

scarlett_f's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Terminal illness, Addiction, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Racism, Death, Excrement, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Suicide, Medical trauma, Medical content, Toxic relationship, and Violence

skitch41's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Drug abuse and Mental illness