What is the theme in Brilliant Madness: Living with Manic Depressive Illness by Patty Duke?

Making amends is another theme in the book. After Patty Duke was diagnosed with manic depressive illness and began treatment, she began to look back on her life. Patty began to recognize the damage her illness had done to the people around her. Patty would often fall into rages while manic that would cause her to yell at her children, to sometimes hit her children, and to break things that mattered to her children. In her calmer state, Patty was ashamed of what she had done. The first thing Patty did was to talk to her children about those behaviors and to ask for their forgiveness.