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Acquainted with the Night: A Parent's Quest to Understand Depression and Bipolar Disorder in His Children
By Paul Raeburn
“Acquainted with the Night provides the readers with the rare opportunity to see within the world of a father struggling to understand the experience of mental illness that afflicts two of his children. Raeburn’s background as a science writer and editor for Business Week creates the foundation from which he explores the illnesses of his children. However, the candor with which he expresses his own grief and suffering is what moves the reader info a fuller understanding of the profound impact mental illnesses can have on a family.” -Rosalynn Carter, former U.S. First Lady and chairperson, The Carter Center Mental Health Task Force
“...a frightening, upsetting, gripping book that vividly describes a parent’s encounters with despair as he attempts to save his two children from a diabolical mental illness.” -Andrew Solomon, author of The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression
“Acquainted with the Night is an outstanding guide to the experience and treatment of bipolar illness in children.” -Kay Redfield Jamison, Ph. D., author of The Unquiet Mind
“This powerful memoir is a testament to love, hope, and endurance and, as such, is an important addition to the literature on mood disorders in the young.” -Demitri Papolos, M.D. and Janice Papolos, authors of The Bipolar Child
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May 20, 2006