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Unseen
A Memoir of Trauma, Ireland’s Psychiatric System and a Lifetime spent Healing
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Verlag:
Gill Unsere-Artikel-Nr.: 9G72Y34
EAN: 9781804583364
Auf Lager:
3
Zustellung: Fr, 10.07.2026
Versand: Kostenlos
CHF 35.–
Beschreibung
Recounts Breda O'Toole's traumatic journey through neglect and psychiatric abuse, highlighting her resilience and fight for dignity. From a childhood shaped by neglect and violence to three brutal years spent in a cold, indifferent convent, Breda O'Toole's early life was marked by abandonment. When she sought help, she entered a mental health system that continued the pattern misdiagnosing her, medicating her into silence, binding her in a straitjacket for 11 days and subjecting her to 29 rounds of electroconvulsive therapy. Across decades, Breda was treated not as a person, but as a problem to be managed her pain unseen, her voice unheard. Yet Unseen. is also a story of fierce resilience. Refusing to be defined by the failures of the system, Breda fought to reclaim her health, her voice and her life. Through courage, determination and a relentless search for dignity, she uncovered a sense of self that had long been buried. Blending deeply personal narrative with a forensic study of 23 years of psychiatric records, Breda exposes the devastating consequences of a system that too often loses sight of the human being at its heart.
Spezifikationen
Sprache
- Englisch
Autor
- Breda O'Toole
Erscheinungsjahr
- 2025
Format
- Buch (Softcover)
Anzahl Seiten
- 320