RX : a graphic memoir / Rachel Lindsay.

  • Lindsay, Rachel
Date:
2018
  • Books

About this work

Also known as

R X

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.

Publication/Creation

New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2018.

Physical description

1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly black and white illustrations ; 28 cm

Edition

First edition.

Languages

Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    PP.R.AL
    Open shelves

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Identifiers

ISBN

  • 9781455598540
  • 1455598542