Maquerade: Unmasking Dual Diagnosis

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by Michael Henderson

Price : $14.95
6" by 9" trade paper
ISBN 0-9726535-6-2

“Dr. Morin has given us a brilliant and landmark exposition on a heretofore wilderness area of addiction medicine and psychiatry. His clever use of psychiatric postmortem examinations and current histories of well-known authors and scientists results in holding the reader to an exciting roller coaster ride.”
- WILMER C. BETTS, M.D., addictionologist

What do Edgar Allen Poe, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and John Berryman have in common? All three were literary geniuses; and all three had a coexisting mental disorder and addiction disorder, known as a Dual Diagnosis. In this fascinating look into the traumatic lives of these three writers, Dr. Richard Morin theorizes that their creative talents may in fact have been born from their disease.

Masquerade: Unmasking Dual Diagnosis is an invaluable and enlightening tool for addictionologists, substance abuse therapists, psychiatrists, AA/NA sponsors, and family members of dually diagnosed patients. Readers will discover from this sensitively written book that symptoms from psychiatric disorders, such as manic depression, often mimic the exact symptoms of alcohol and drug addiction. Both disorders in the case of a Dual Diagnosis must be addressed simultaneously and appropriately in order for recovery to be fully effective. Had Dual Diagnosis been identi?ed and understood during the lifetimes of Poe, Fitzgerald, and Berryman, Dr. Morin speculates the three men may have been able to avoid such tragic ends.

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