Finding Order in Disorder, 2024

Finding Order in Disorder: A Bipolar Memoir Ishaa Vinod ChopraUttar Pradesh, India: OM Books International, 2024 Finding Order in Disorder is Ishaa Vinod Chopra’s experience of bipolar disorder. The book traces her life from childhood focusing on themes of discrimination and racism, repeated hospitalization, domestic violence, heartbreak, psychiatric medication, intergenerational trauma, the mother-daughter relationship, and …

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Childhood Madness: Compassionate Portraits of Children in Canadian Insane Asylums, 1900-1930

Between 1900 and 1930, kids across Canada entered insane asylums designed for adults. Care was rarely offered. Children were subject to incarceration, eugenics, and institutional abuse. Asylum environments were often scary for children.