A luminescent “New York Times” article explains how a woman used Emma to help her deal with her mother’s Alzheimer’s. Literature at such times does some very heavy lifting.
Tag Archives: Mental Illness
“Emma” as Aid to Alzheimer’s Caregivers
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Poetry Comforts the Mentally Disabled
This “New York Times” article describes how poetry came to the aid of a man with schizoaffective disorder. It also aided his therapist.
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Milne’s Old Sailor & ADD
A. A. Milne’s “Old Sailor” is an accurate description of adult Attention Deficit Disorder.
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Walt Whitman as Suicide Prevention
At a time when he was feeling depressed and suicidal, Michael Bourne discovered that Walt Whitman could get him to step beyond his “endless, self-constructed maze of Self.”
