RX : a graphic memoir
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Title
RX : a graphic memoir
Subject
autobiographical comics, bipolar disorder, comics (graphic works), graphic novel, hospital care, hospitalization, involuntary treatment (psychiatric), medicine, mentally ill persons, personal narrative,
Description
In her early twenties in New York City, diagnosed with bipolar disorder, Rachel Lindsay takes a job in advertising in order to secure healthcare coverage for her treatment. But work takes a strange turn when she suddenly finds herself on the other side of the curtain, developing ads for an antidepressant drug. Day after day, she sees her own suffering in the ads she helps to create, trapped in an endless cycle of treatment, insurance and medication. Overwhelmed by the stress of her professional life and the self-scrutiny it inspires, she begins to destabilize and finds herself hospitalized against her will. In the ward, stripped of the little control over her life she felt she had, she struggles in the midst of doctors, nurses, patients and endless rules to find a path out of the hospital and this cycle of treatment. This is the author's story of being treated for a mental illness as a commodity and the often unavoidable choice between sanity and happiness. (Page 4 of cover)
Creator
Rachel Lindsay
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing, New York,
Date
2018
Rights
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Relation
Format
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Type
Comics (Graphic works)
Citation
Rachel Lindsay , “RX : a graphic memoir
,” Drew University Library Special Collections, accessed December 21, 2024, http://omeka.drew.edu/items/show/840.