Two personal tales of the fight against mental illness.
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Psychology Today Magazine
May 1997
Understanding what ADD is.
A leading psychiatrist contends that many of the problems we've always blamed on character flaws may be due to mild versions of full-blown mental disorders.
We tell the biggest lies to those we love most.
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