Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat: And Other Clinical Tales by Oliver Sacks

22 reviews

eve81's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Mental illness, Racial slurs, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Ableism and War

a_hutchinson19's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

3.75

I found this really interesting. It was heavy but I also got through it very quickly. Trigger warnings for derogatory terms for disability and me tap heath due to the age of this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

carysisamelt's review against another edition

informative reflective sad slow-paced

3.5

an extremely interesting book, even in the 21st century. however, there is a lot of things that made me uncomfortable when reading this, namely the use of the r-slur (though used as an actually medical term, someone should definitely revise this) and the complete inaccuracy when describing autism. i really liked the start but ending with the chapter “simpletons” (or name to that effect) left a sour taste in my mouth. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

sunn_bleach's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative medium-paced

3.0

Interesting but in a way I didn’t expect. This is very much a neurology book written in the early 80s, with all the language and paradigms that implies. The dead-serious use of the word “retarded” and unironic appeals to Freud and Luria are kind of shocking for 40+ years later. But I’m kind of struck at how much Sacks so obviously cared for his patients as people, not just case studies. That kind of narrative is important for humanizing the humans we treat.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, and Medical content

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

gotothecorner's review against another edition

dark hopeful reflective slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Dementia

angelfireeast24's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

apxfudge's review against another edition

slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Mental illness, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

grex_ronnie's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective slow-paced

3.5

Primo libro dell’anno. Divorato in questi giorni di quarantena ho trovato la scrittura di Sacks estremamente interessante. A volte alcuni termini usati sono molto tecnici ma sono dovuti anche alla natura del libro, così come anche la “ripetività” di alcuni articoli.
Un ottimo libro, comunque per iniziare quest’anno.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Mental illness

ellieintherye's review

 Ok, I'm finally abandoning this after almost a year of avoiding it. It's possible I'll pick it up again to lull me to sleep when I've got nothing else on my bedside table. But, I don't see that happening. For the most part this felt equal parts boring, unimportant, and bordering on exploitative? There's almost zero cultural or social context, which is one of the main reasons I read nonfiction in the first place. The style makes it feel like field notes for a fellow neurologist, but just subjective enough to be uncomfortable. 



Not a fan. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

imoran's review against another edition

funny hopeful informative

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism, Mental illness, and Medical content