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Esmé Weijun Wang

This author of the book is a highly-educated, award-winning novelist and author of Taiwanese descent. She has been diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder, bipolar type, and chronic Lyme disease. In this collection of essays, she explores her experiences with misdiagnosis, resistance to medication, and coming to terms with her delusions and hallucinations.

C.

The author uses initials in referencing several people in the book, presumably for their privacy. This individual is the author's husband who has supported her throughout her illness.

Dr. M.

This individual, named only with an initial to protect his/her privacy, is the psychiatrist who diagnosed the author with schizoaffective disorder.

Elyn R. Saks

This author, law professor, and mental health specialist wrote the memoir The Center Cannot Hold which was recommended to the author by her psychiatrist.

Malcoum Tate

This individual who was afflicted with schizophrenia was killed at the age of...

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