TY - BOOK AU - Cunningham, Darryl TI - Psychiatric tales T2 - Slate 8 SN - 9781906653088 PY - 2010/// CY - London PB - Blank Slate KW - BIPOLAR DISORDER KW - CARTOONS KW - DEMENTIA KW - DEPRESSION KW - SCHIZOPHRENIA KW - GRAPHIC NOVELS N2 - Hardback; Mental illness is a subject full of fears and misunderstandings. When faced with things we find difficult and distressing, most of us look away. Darryl Cunningham has both worked inside the psychiatric care system and suffered his own struggle with mental illness. Out of these experiences Darryl has created this book as an attempt to demystify such diverse illnesses as dementia, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and depression. Psychiatric Tales opens the world of the acute psychiatric wards to show the very human struggles of the people within. People who could be our neighbours, siblings, parents, employers or even ourselves. At times harrowing, but always deeply humane, this graphic novel will open your eyes to the pain of sufferers, but also the hope of recovery found by many ER -