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Ronald robert fieve march 5, 1930, stevens point january 2, 2018, palm beach was an american psychiatrist known for his work on the use of lithium in treatment of mood disorders. Now in a brilliant madness patty duke joins with medical reporter gloria hochman to shed light on this powerful, paradoxical, and destructive illness. Call me anna was also made into a 1990 tv docudrama, starring the fabulous patty duke. Duke tells the story of her manicdepressive illness and its successful treatment, while in alternating chapters medicalwriter hochman heart bypass, 1982 explains the facts of the disease and the. Coauthoring with a medical writer was a brilliant idea. Dukes strange and unhappy childhood was chronicled in call me anna, and is touched on here only to show how fundamentally unloved and rejected she felt. Special emphasis is given to fostering compliance with medication regimens and treating patients who abuse drugs and alcohol or who pose a risk of.
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