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On his last day of high school Brett Hartman commits what at first seems like a harmless prank but later turns into the defining moment of his adolescence. Wracked with guilt and pressure from the legal system, his reality unravels into psychosis. Thus begins a twisted maze of forced hospitalizations, instant drugging and violation of patient consent. With unwavering intensity, Hartman chronicles his descent into madness and his struggle to recover while being bombarded by mind-numbing drugs.
Returning to college, he's compelled to exact a kind of mental revenge by becoming a psychologist. It is during this quest that he learns about the inner workings of psychiatric treatment from the other side and how damaging such treatment can be for patients.
Told with humor and bluntness, the author takes us on a wild romp through psychiatric hell and back, exposing the lunacy along the way and pushing for a more balanced approach to patient care. Hammerhead 84 is both a scorching cultural indictment and an unforgettable triumph of the human soul.
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Dna Aume
reviewed Hammerhead 84: A Memoir of Persistence on November 19, 2007
Hammerhead 84: A Memoir of Persistence
I found this book thought-provoking, especially since I just read Crazy: A Father's Search through America's Mental Health Madness by Pete Early.
I like that he offers different arguments for the cause and treatment of psychotic disorders. Although it was a personal memoir, I wish he'd gone more into the neurodegenerative nature of schizophrenia and that there is widespread belief in the mental health community that schizophrenia, bipolar, depression, etc, left untreated cause irreversible brain damage. This belief, and the urge to treat these serious disorders, fuels the practice for treating these disorders immediately with medications.
One thing I learned was that NAMI (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill) is largely funded by the pharmaceutical industry.
I was very disappointed with the treatment he experienced while hospitalized and would like to think that in the 20+ years since he was hospitalized treatment has improved, but I fear it hasn't. I think this is an important book for all therapists and psychiatrists to read.
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