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Angelhead : My Brother's Descent into Madness
Angelhead My Brother's Descent into Madness
Author: Greg Bottoms
A taut, powerful memoir of madness, Angelhead documents the violent, drug-addled descent of the author's brother, Michael, into schizophrenia. Beginning with Michael's first psychotic break--seeing God in his suburban bedroom window while high on LSD--Greg Bottoms recounts, in gripping, dramatic prose, the bizarre disappearances, suicide ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780226067643
ISBN-10: 0226067645
Publication Date: 6/1/2005
Pages: 227
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3.4 stars, based on 4 ratings
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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I used this book in one of my Psychology classes in an alternative high school. It is a fairly easy read, well-written and of interest to the "general" reader as well as someone specifically interested in mental health/illness.

This young brother writes of his older brother's evolving schizophrenia in an honest and thoughtful manner. It fostered excellent discussions with my students. I recommend it, particularly if you are seeking honest (and sometimes graphic)observations of one family's journey along this unpredictable road of mental illness.
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Fascinating memoir of life with a schizophrenic brother.


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