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Unseen : a memoir of trauma, Ireland's psychiatric system and a lifetime spent healing
O'Toole, Breda2025
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Áirithint áit ar Unseen : a memoir of trauma, Ireland's psychiatric system and a lifetime spent healingFrom a childhood shaped by neglect and violence to three brutal years spent in a cold, indifferent convent, Breda O'Toole's early life was marked by abandonment. When she sought help, she entered a mental health system that continued the pattern - misdiagnosing her, medicating her into silence, binding her in a straitjacket for 11 days and subjecting her to 29 rounds of electroconvulsive therapy. Across decades, Breda was treated not as a person, but as a problem to be managed - her pain unseen, her voice unheard. Yet 'Unseen' is also a story of fierce resilience. Refusing to be defined by the failures of the system, Breda fought to reclaim her health, her voice and her life. Through courage, determination and a relentless search for dignity, she uncovered a sense of self that had long been buried.
Príomhtheideal:
Unseen : a memoir of trauma, Ireland's psychiatric system and a lifetime spent healing / Breda O'Toole ; edited by Tony Bates.
Údar:
O'Toole, Breda, authorBates, Tony (Psychologist), editor
Inphrionta:
Dublin : Gill Books, 2025.
Leathanaigh in ord:
204 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781804583364 (pbk)
Rangúchán Dewey:
616.890092616.89AF PAGE TURNER
I dteanga:
English
Réimse:
BRN:
3702986
Aimsigh é!
Cóipeanna san iomlán: 75
Áirithintí: 67
Áirithint áit ar Unseen : a memoir of trauma, Ireland's psychiatric system and a lifetime spent healing