简介
On November 1, 1996, Charley Aurthur leapt to his death from a freeway overpass in Santa Monica, California. He was twenty-three years old. It was the culmination of five years of heartache for Charley and his family, as he struggled with severe mental illness, numerous hospitalizations and several other suicide attempts. Despite his family's love, intensive therapy and numerous medications, in the end, nothing could save Charley from his own encroaching sense of exhaustion and isolation. Tragically, Charley's story could be anybody's story. In the United States, more than 30,000 people commit suicide every year; it is the eighth leading cause of death overall and the third among young people aged 15-24. But the effects of suicide are even more far-reaching: Its impact on the family is frequently devastating and lifelong. Author Jonathan Aurthur knows this firsthand. His account of his son Charley's short life and death is both riveting and compelling. Charley's own letters, poems and journal entries demonstrate the terrible complexity and multidimensionality of mental illness and suicide. In the process, the author addresses his own search to understand mental illness and the inability of many medical treatments to help troubled people like Charley. He also offers an alternative treatment plan known as the "psychosocial rehab" model, which seeks to "treat the person, not the disease." This page-turner will stay with readers long after they've heard Charley's story.
目录
Introduction p. xi
Prologue p. 1
Wrong Turn at Yosemite
The First Day of the Rest of His Life p. 3
The Second Crash p. 13
"I'm Being Devoured by Tigers" p. 16
The Gospel According to St. John's p. 18
Oh, Yes, the Car p. 25
San Francisco General p. 31
"The Brightest Little Boy in the Whole Park"
Derelict Keys p. 37
The Journals p. 40
Parenthood: No Statute of Limitations p. 44
Insomnia--or, "Do I Have Genius?" p. 49
"... Or Shall I Go Mad?" p. 52
The Wanderer p. 56
The Rationalist p. 64
"One More Bloody Year of Reed"
Year Two--Two Immortalities p. 67
Once More to the Underworld p. 77
"A Nice Birthday Present for Sis" p. 86
A Layman's Guide to Major Mental Illness p. 91
Delirious Mania p. 95
The Muse Is a Harsh Mistress p. 100
Who's Crazy? p. 103
Madness: Divine or Not? Two Views p. 104
M. Butterfly and Mr. Lithy
Getting Back on the Horse p. 111
M. Butterfly p. 114
Mr. Lithy p. 122
Three on a Honeymoon p. 128
Fight and Flight p. 133
"I'm Sorry to Have to Tell You This, Sir ..." p. 135
My Drug Epiphany; or, The Morphine Connection p. 148
"Some Failed Romantic Relationship" p. 151
Eight West p. 160
Weaving the Shround
"A Desire Leading One to Death" p. 181
The Suicidologist p. 185
The (Almost) Smoking-Gun Pamphlet p. 187
River Community p. 193
Another Nail p. 196
Home Alone p. 200
Groundlessness, Common Ground and the Future of Psychiatry p. 208
Footnote to 1995 p. 213
The Final Year
"A Place of Stopping, Not of Recuperation ..." p. 215
NAMI p. 223
Treating the Disease or Treating the Person? The Rehab Model p. 230
Good Minutes, Good Hours p. 239
"And I Believe I Shan't Ever Return" (The Quiet Hell of August) p. 240
The Stone Cross
All Saints' Day p. 255
Obituary p. 262
The "Iawaska" Mystery Solved p. 276
Sunday Afternoon in the Psych Ward with the Kids p. 284
Epilogue: A View from the Bridge p. 287
Acknowledgments p. 291
Appendices
Selected Poems of Charley's p. 295
Short Story (The Pool Lesson) p. 307
Apples, Big Apples and Tangerines p. 313
Charley's Smoking List p. 327
Contact Information for Alternative Recovery Facilities p. 329
Notes p. 331
Selected Bibliography p. 347
Index p. 351
Prologue p. 1
Wrong Turn at Yosemite
The First Day of the Rest of His Life p. 3
The Second Crash p. 13
"I'm Being Devoured by Tigers" p. 16
The Gospel According to St. John's p. 18
Oh, Yes, the Car p. 25
San Francisco General p. 31
"The Brightest Little Boy in the Whole Park"
Derelict Keys p. 37
The Journals p. 40
Parenthood: No Statute of Limitations p. 44
Insomnia--or, "Do I Have Genius?" p. 49
"... Or Shall I Go Mad?" p. 52
The Wanderer p. 56
The Rationalist p. 64
"One More Bloody Year of Reed"
Year Two--Two Immortalities p. 67
Once More to the Underworld p. 77
"A Nice Birthday Present for Sis" p. 86
A Layman's Guide to Major Mental Illness p. 91
Delirious Mania p. 95
The Muse Is a Harsh Mistress p. 100
Who's Crazy? p. 103
Madness: Divine or Not? Two Views p. 104
M. Butterfly and Mr. Lithy
Getting Back on the Horse p. 111
M. Butterfly p. 114
Mr. Lithy p. 122
Three on a Honeymoon p. 128
Fight and Flight p. 133
"I'm Sorry to Have to Tell You This, Sir ..." p. 135
My Drug Epiphany; or, The Morphine Connection p. 148
"Some Failed Romantic Relationship" p. 151
Eight West p. 160
Weaving the Shround
"A Desire Leading One to Death" p. 181
The Suicidologist p. 185
The (Almost) Smoking-Gun Pamphlet p. 187
River Community p. 193
Another Nail p. 196
Home Alone p. 200
Groundlessness, Common Ground and the Future of Psychiatry p. 208
Footnote to 1995 p. 213
The Final Year
"A Place of Stopping, Not of Recuperation ..." p. 215
NAMI p. 223
Treating the Disease or Treating the Person? The Rehab Model p. 230
Good Minutes, Good Hours p. 239
"And I Believe I Shan't Ever Return" (The Quiet Hell of August) p. 240
The Stone Cross
All Saints' Day p. 255
Obituary p. 262
The "Iawaska" Mystery Solved p. 276
Sunday Afternoon in the Psych Ward with the Kids p. 284
Epilogue: A View from the Bridge p. 287
Acknowledgments p. 291
Appendices
Selected Poems of Charley's p. 295
Short Story (The Pool Lesson) p. 307
Apples, Big Apples and Tangerines p. 313
Charley's Smoking List p. 327
Contact Information for Alternative Recovery Facilities p. 329
Notes p. 331
Selected Bibliography p. 347
Index p. 351
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