"Detour from Normal" is the gut-wrenching true story of a respected
engineer and devoted family man who, due to complications from
life-saving surgery and medications, is driven to insanity. After
he tragically loses touch with reality, a whirlwind of visits to
hospital emergency rooms and behavioral health facilities ensues.
His loving wife is ultimately forced to make the unthinkable
decision to commit him to a high-security psychiatric ward. There,
he is branded "persistently and acutely disabled" and "a danger to
himself and others." That man is author Ken Dickson, and this is
the fascinating story of his journey into and out of madness.
"Detour from Normal" is more than a sharing of the pitfalls of our
medical and mental health systems. It is a story of two people
deeply in love, but torn apart by fate. It is an eye opening
introduction to the stigma of mental illness. It is a personal
run-in with the poor, broken souls trapped in our mental health
system that at one moment provokes shock, and the next, laughter.
It is a rich and varied exploration of our humanity.
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