Because I Come from a Crazy Family: The Making of a Psychiatrist

Hallowell, Edward M., M.D.

ISBN 10: 163286858X / ISBN 13: 9781632868589

Published by Bloomsbury, New York, 2018

About this Item

First published in the United States, 2018, stated; first printing, full number line. Inscribed and signed by the author on the half-title page: "To Jackie / Ed Hallowell / 6/23/18." The book is square and unmarked; corners sharp, spine ends bumped. The dust jacket is not price-clipped (original price $28.00); some edgewear and soiling; Brodart protected.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Because I Come from a Crazy Family: The Making of a Psychiatrist
• Publisher: Bloomsbury, New York
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 163286858X
• ISBN 13: 9781632868589
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

From the bestselling author of the classic book on ADD, Driven to Distraction, a memoir of the strange upbringing that shaped Dr. Edward M. Hallowell's celebrated career.

When Edward M. Hallowell was eleven, a voice out of nowhere told him he should become a psychiatrist. A mental health professional of the time would have called this psychosis. But young Edward (Ned) took it in stride, despite not quite knowing what "psychiatrist" meant. With a psychotic father, alcoholic mother, abusive stepfather, and two so-called learning disabilities of his own, Ned was accustomed to unpredictable behavior from those around him, and to a mind he felt he couldn't always control.

The voice turned out to be right. Now, decades later, Hallowell is a leading expert on attention disorders and the author of twenty books, including Driven to Distraction, the work that introduced ADD to the world. In Because I Come from a Crazy Family, he tells the often strange story of a childhood marked by what he calls the "WASP triad" of alcoholism, mental illness, and politeness, and explores the wild wish, surging beneath his incredible ambition, that he could have saved his own family of drunk, crazy, and well-intentioned eccentrics, and himself.

Because I Come from a Crazy Family is an affecting, at times harrowing, ultimately moving memoir about crazy families and where they can lead, about being called to the mental health profession, and about the unending joys and challenges that come with helping people celebrate who they are.

A portion of the author's proceeds of this book will go to NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness).

About the Author

Edward M. HALLOWELL, M.D. is a graduate of Harvard College, Tulane Medical School, and a Harvard Residency Program in Adult and Child Psychiatry. He is the best-selling author of Driven to Distraction, Worry, and Connect, and has been featured on 20/20, Dateline, The Today Show, Good Morning America, and Oprah. www.drhallowell.com