Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

The Collected Schizophrenias by Esmé Weijun Wang

20 reviews

creativerunnings's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Self harm, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Ableism, Bullying, Confinement, Medical content, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Chronic illness, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

hmetwade's review

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Suicide attempt, Chronic illness, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and Self harm

vercopaanir's review

emotional informative reflective slow-paced

Again, this book is very much like a memoir and so I choose to leave it un-rated, but I was fascinated by Wang’s experiences and really appreciated that she was willing to share them so publicly as to write them in a book.  I do my best not to be ableist, but I know I have work to do, and that includes ableism around psychosis and the schizophrenias.  Being invited into the mind of someone with schizoaffective disorder was an incredible opportunity for learning and growth.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Murder, Bullying, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Suicide, Sexual assault, Medical content, Ableism, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, and Rape

ocean's review

emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

ihnmaims's review

challenging informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Chronic illness, Medical content, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Ableism

eshdho's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Sexual assault

demo's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

This is a tough one to try and rate. I thoroughly enjoyed this book but did recoil at the pseudoscience and mysticism in last 20% or so. I was raised in a family that attempted to treat my childhood and adolescent illness with a wide range of expensive pseudoscientific remedies, and while I don't deny that Wang seems to gain grounding and comfort from the experience, I struggle to ascribe good faith motives to the practitioners treating her chronic health issues with similar costly means. I take issue with the author on many a point, but still found her perspective fascinating and her writing compelling. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Chronic illness, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Medical content, Murder, Suicide attempt, Confinement, Ableism, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, and Suicide

Minor: Pedophilia

bardic_llama's review

emotional informative medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Rape, Police brutality, Forced institutionalization, Suicide, and Ableism

shadereads's review

challenging hopeful informative reflective slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization and Mental illness

Moderate: Chronic illness and Medical content

Minor: Suicide and Rape

rowanbg's review

emotional informative reflective fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Ableism, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Self harm, Rape, Panic attacks/disorders, and Medical content