A Promise of Hope
- 作者:Autumn/ Popper,Charles (AFT),Stringam
- 出版社:HarperCollins
- 出版日期:2010-09-14
- 語言:英文
- ISBN10:0062026666
- ISBN13:9780062026668
- 裝訂:平裝 / 14 x 20.3 x 1.9 cm / 普通級
Some children inherit the family nose. Autumn Stringam and her brother Joseph inherited bipolar disorder, a severe mental illness that led to the suicides of their mother and grandfather. Autumn, at 22, was psychotic and in a psychiatric hospital on suicide watch; Joseph, at 15, was prone to violent episodes so terrifying the family feared for their lives. But after they began taking a nutritional supplement developed by their father-and based, incredibly, on a formula given to aggressive hogs-Autumns and Josephs symptoms disappeared. Today they both lead normal, productive lives.
A Promise of Hopechronicles Autumn Stringams personal flight from madness to wellness and also provides an astonishing scientific account of an innovative treatment that moves from a kitchen table in Alberta to the offices of a distinguished Harvard psychiatrist and into the labs of a skeptical medical establishment. Now updated with the groundbreaking results of a clinical trial and with additional content from the perspective of Autumns family, A Promise of Hope is a powerful call for a new understanding of the mental illness that affects so many people.