([February] 2011)
Bloomsbury,
2011 Series
Published in English
(United States)
- Price
- 18.00 USD; 24.00 CAD
- Pages
- 168
- On-sale Date
- 2011-02-11
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Bloomsbury USA
- Brand
- Bloomsbury
- ISBN
-
978-1-60819-278-6
- Barcode
- 9781608192786 51800
- Editing
- ?
- Color
- colour cover, black and white interior
- Dimensions
- 14 cm x 21 cm
- Binding
- hardcover
- Publishing Format
- graphic novel
Introduction
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 6 pages
- Script
- Darryl Cunningham (credited)
- Pencils
- Darryl Cunningham (credited)
- Inks
- Darryl Cunningham (credited)
- Letters
- Darryl Cunningham (credited)
- Characters
- Darryl Cunningham
- Synopsis
- Darryl explains how he decided to create a comic about his experiences as a mental health nurse but only became convinced he could tell the story as a comic after reading Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis.
- Reprints
-
from Psychiatric Tales (Blank Slate, 2010 series) ([April] 2010)
-
Indexer Notes
Told in comics format.
Dementia Ward
comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- Darryl Cunningham (credited)
- Pencils
- Darryl Cunningham (credited)
- Inks
- Darryl Cunningham (credited)
- Letters
- Darryl Cunningham (credited)
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Darryl Cunningham
- Synopsis
- Darryl recounts working with patients who had dementia.
- Reprints
- from Psychiatric Tales (Blank Slate, 2010 series) ([April] 2010)
-
- Keywords
- dementia
Cut
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Darryl Cunningham (credited)
- Pencils
- Darryl Cunningham (credited)
- Inks
- Darryl Cunningham (credited)
- Letters
- Darryl Cunningham (credited)
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Darryl Cunningham
- Synopsis
- Darryl describes patients who inflict self-harm.
- Reprints
- from Psychiatric Tales (Blank Slate, 2010 series) ([April] 2010)
-
- Keywords
- self-harm
It Could Be You
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Darryl Cunningham (credited)
- Pencils
- Darryl Cunningham (credited)
- Inks
- Darryl Cunningham (credited)
- Letters
- Darryl Cunningham (credited)
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Darryl Cunningham
- Synopsis
- Darryl recalls a patient who was suffering from depression and describes the treatment.
- Reprints
- from Psychiatric Tales (Blank Slate, 2010 series) ([April] 2010)
-
- Keywords
- depression
Darkness
comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- Darryl Cunningham (credited)
- Pencils
- Darryl Cunningham (credited)
- Inks
- Darryl Cunningham (credited)
- Letters
- Darryl Cunningham (credited)
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Darryl Cunningham
- Synopsis
- Darryl describes another patient who suffered from depression and how difficult it is for others to comprehend what these people are enduring.
- Reprints
- from Psychiatric Tales (Blank Slate, 2010 series) ([April] 2010)
-
- Keywords
- depression
Anti-Social Personality Disorder
comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Darryl Cunningham (credited)
- Pencils
- Darryl Cunningham (credited)
- Inks
- Darryl Cunningham (credited)
- Letters
- Darryl Cunningham (credited)
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Darryl Cunningham
- Synopsis
- Darryl recalls a patient who had anti-social personality disorder and explains how the illness does not necessarily result in the type of characters seen in popular culture.
- Reprints
- from Psychiatric Tales (Blank Slate, 2010 series) ([April] 2010)
-
- Keywords
- anti-social personality disorder
People with Mental Illness Enrich Our Lives
comic story / 15 pages
- Script
- Darryl Cunningham (credited)
- Pencils
- Darryl Cunningham (credited)
- Inks
- Darryl Cunningham (credited)
- Letters
- Darryl Cunningham (credited)
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Winston Churchill; Judy Garland; Brian Wilson; Spike Milligan; Nick Drake
- Synopsis
- Darryl describes famous people who suffered from mental illness.
- Reprints
- from Psychiatric Tales (Blank Slate, 2010 series) ([April] 2010)
-
Blood
comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- Darryl Cunningham (credited)
- Pencils
- Darryl Cunningham (credited)
- Inks
- Darryl Cunningham (credited)
- Letters
- Darryl Cunningham (credited)
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Darryl Cunningham
- Synopsis
- Darryl recalls encounters with patients who performed self-harm.
- Reprints
- from Psychiatric Tales (Blank Slate, 2010 series) ([April] 2010)
-
- Keywords
- self-harm
Bipolar Disorder
comic story / 11 pages
- Script
- Darryl Cunningham (credited)
- Pencils
- Darryl Cunningham (credited)
- Inks
- Darryl Cunningham (credited)
- Letters
- Darryl Cunningham (credited)
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Darryl Cunningham
- Synopsis
- Darryl explains how patients with bipolar disorder behave.
- Reprints
- from Psychiatric Tales (Blank Slate, 2010 series) ([April] 2010)
-
- Keywords
- bipolar disorder
Schizophrenia
comic story / 14 pages
- Script
- Darryl Cunningham (credited)
- Pencils
- Darryl Cunningham (credited)
- Inks
- Darryl Cunningham (credited)
- Letters
- Darryl Cunningham (credited)
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Darryl Cunningham
- Synopsis
- Darryl explains schizophrenia and the medication used to treat it.
- Reprints
- from Psychiatric Tales (Blank Slate, 2010 series) ([April] 2010)
-
- Keywords
- schizophrenia
Suicide
comic story / 14 pages
- Script
- Darryl Cunningham (credited)
- Pencils
- Darryl Cunningham (credited)
- Inks
- Darryl Cunningham (credited)
- Letters
- Darryl Cunningham (credited)
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Darryl Cunningham
- Synopsis
- Darryl recalls a patient who committed suicide, despite the efforts made to prevent it.
- Reprints
- from Psychiatric Tales (Blank Slate, 2010 series) ([April] 2010)
-
- Keywords
- suicide
How I Lived Again
comic story / 19 pages
- Script
- Darryl Cunningham (credited)
- Pencils
- Darryl Cunningham (credited)
- Inks
- Darryl Cunningham (credited)
- Letters
- Darryl Cunningham (credited)
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Darryl Cunningham
- Synopsis
- Darryl recounts his own personal struggles and how creating comics has become an outlet for his passions.
- Reprints
- from Psychiatric Tales (Blank Slate, 2010 series) ([April] 2010)
-
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Table of Contents
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[no title indexed]
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1.
Introduction
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2.
Dementia Ward
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3.
Cut
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4.
It Could Be You
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5.
Darkness
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6.
Anti-Social Personality Disorder
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7.
People with Mental Illness Enrich Our Lives
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8.
Blood
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9.
Bipolar Disorder
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10.
Schizophrenia
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11.
Suicide
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12.
How I Lived Again
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