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Issa Ibrahim’s memoir recounts his development of severe mental illness that culminated in the accidental killing of his mother. His trial ended with an acquittal by reason of insanity, after which he was committed to a mental hospital for nearly twenty years. Growing up in an environment that nurtured his creative talents, Ibrahim reflects on how the deterioration of his family life in the late 1980s and the loss of his father contributed to his psychological crisis. The book examines the institutional conditions of mental care, the legal struggles for his release, and the role of art as a means of survival and atonement.
First publish date: 2016
Genre: Memoir/Personal Memoir
Authors: Issa Ibrahim
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