Sectioned : A life interrupted
O'Donoghue, John200902UU
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John O'Donoghue was first admitted to Claybury asylum with manic depression aged 16, just after his mother had been institutionalised. He spent over a decade in asylums, halfway houses, therapeutic communities, dosshouses, and on the streets. This title is an account of his experiences. It is also the story of his survival against the odds. This is an extraordinary account of one man's experiences of mental illness and institutions: a rare insight into a hidden world.John O'Donoghue was first admitted to Claybury asylum with manic depression aged sixteen, just after his mother had been institutionalised. He spent over a decade in asylums, halfway houses, therapeutic communities, dosshouses, squats, and on the streets. "Sectioned" is an honest and moving account of his experiences. It is also ultimately the story of his survival against the odds, and of his coming of age in a Britain that was changing forever.
Main title:
Sectioned : A life interrupted / John O'Donoghue.
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Imprint:
London : John Murray Publishers Ltd : [distributor] Bookpoint : [distributor] Alliance Distribution Services Pty Ltd : [distributor] Alliance Distribution Services Pty Ltd : [distributor] Jonathan Ball Publishers SA : [distributor] Trafalgar Square, 2009.
Collation:
304 p. ; 25 cm.
Notes:
Paperback. Trade paperback (UK).
Biography/History:
John O'Donoghue was born in North London in the late 1950s. He first became mentally ill in the 1970s and suffered a series of breakdowns. In 1988, at the age of 30, with only three O Levels and an Elementary Swimming Certificate, he got into the University of East Anglia, and met his wife. From 2000-2005 he was Chair of Survivors' Poetry, a national charity which publishes and promotes the work of survivors' of mental distress. He lectures in Creative Writing and lives in Brighton with his wife and four children.
ISBN:
9781848540132 (pbk)1848540132 (pbk)
Dewey class:
616.890092616.890009
Language:
English
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BRN:
3727016
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