Books like FRACTURED MIND, A by Robert B. Oxnam

A compelling biography of Susannah Cahalan's battle with encephalitis and the challenges of diagnosis and recovery.

A true account of Sybil Dorsett, who lived with 16 distinct personalities following childhood abuse and adult blackouts, shaping one of the most cited cases in psychoanalytic history.

A memoir of a woman's journey to find mental stability while pursuing her passion for art and writing, inspired by the lives of artists and writers with mental health issues.

From Kay Redfield Jamison - an international authority on manic-depressive illness, and one of the few women who are full professors of medicine at American universities - a remarkable personal testimony: the revelation of her own struggle since adolescence with manic-depression, and how it has shaped her life. Vividly, directly, with candor, wit, and simplicity, she takes us into the fascinating and dangerous territory of this form of madness - a world in which one pole can be the alluring dark land ruled by what Byron called the "melancholy star of the imagination," and the other a desert of depression and, all too frequently, death. A moving and exhilarating memoir by a woman whose furious determination to learn the enemy, to use her gifts of intellect to make a difference, led her to become, by the time she was forty, a world authority on manic-depression, and whose work has helped save countless lives.

Jane Phillips turns a suicide note into a powerful memoir, charting her daily life with Multiple Personality Disorder and her decade‑long partnership with a therapist to uncover painful memories and achieve unity.

"This book is about the invisible wound of war, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. In a semi-memoir format, it explains the historical development of PTSD, its myriad symptoms and the scientifically verified psychological and medical treatments for the disorder. It also investigates the exciting new research into its neurobiological foundations"--Provided by publisher.

Eve Sizek, a woman diagnosed with multiple personality disorder, recounts her struggle, diagnosis, and recovery, offering an intimate biography of triumph over mental illness.

The memoir follows two identical twin sisters—one a schizophrenic, the other a psychiatrist—exploring how the illness of one reshapes their relationship and forces the other to step beyond her shadow.

Joan Frances Casey’s memoir reveals how a psychotic episode and subsequent therapy uncover her struggle with Multiple Personality Disorder, as she confronts a hidden history of abuse that threatens her artistic identity.

Debbie Nathan uncovers the real people behind the Sybil case, revealing their lives, struggles, and the journey to understanding dissociative identity disorder.