Advance Praise for "Cry Depression, Celebrate Recovery"
"(This) book is a model of hope. Growing up with an alcoholic
father, she struggled with depression, eating disorders, and
psychosis. She is a gifted and talented musician with a lovely
sense of humor. This is the story of one woman who would not take
'no' for an answer. She has left no stone unturned in her pursuit
of wholeness. She has transformed her life with the help of God and
many caring people."
-Caroline Penberthy, MSW, LCSW
"I love Barbara Altman's book on her recovery from mental
illness. I'm going to use the book with my clients, and I will
recommend it to anyone with a mental illness."
-Marigene DaRusha, Minister, Center for Spiritual Living, Maryland
Heights, Missouri
"Barbara Altman has shared the harrowing experiences of her life
in a way that sheds light on mental illness and alcoholic family
systems and the infl uence of both on a person's development. It
also sheds light on the fact that help is often not available to
children because adults do not or cannot understand them and tend
not to believe them. ..."
-Patricia A. Antle, MSW, LCSW
As a child, Barbara Altman dreamed of earning a degree in music
and becoming a concert pianist. Instead, at age sixteen, she was
called to the principal's office, labeled schizophrenic, and told
she'd wind up in a mental hospital if she didn't immediately seek
psychiatric help. In this memoir, Altman describes her battle with
mental illness and discusses both traditional and non-traditional
methods of treatment.
"Cry Depression, Celebrate Recovery" narrates Altman's
tumultuous journey. At age fifteen, the voices in her head became
more persistent; hope for recovery plummeted. At eighteen, she
experienced a hideous hallucination: her face was distorted, eyes
at the bottom and mouth at the top, ears sitting at strange angles,
no nose, features twisted to the left. At forty-three, she
despaired of finding anyone who had experience with brain
abnormalities.
More than just a memoir about the struggles involved with mental
illness, "Cry Depression, Celebrate Recovery" is the story of a
family's survival through the trauma of alcoholism and the anguish
of anxiety disorder. It tells of God's goodness shining forth in
those who devote their lives to helping the mentally ill. It is
Altman's story of a transformation from victim to survivor and from
mental illness to health.
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