To Go Crazy. Guide to Mental Disorders for a Big City Dweller

14,9% of men and 22% of women are going to face some kind of psychological disorder in the following year. According to WHO statistics, out of one hundred people, seven suffer from depression, three have bipolar disorder, one is a sociopath and one is likely to become schizophrenic. Anyone, but really anyone, can suddenly develop a mental disorder of a more or less serious kind. Does this sound like a disaster? Not at all, if you have at least a basic knowledge of how our mind works and about modern treatment methods. How can I understand what is happening to me and how do I explain it to my loved ones? How does one learn to distinguish objective reality from the strange thoughts of one’s own consciousness? And how can we distinguish who is healthy and who is not, if the notion of “norm” is not as clear as we would like it to be?
Daria Varlamova and Anton Zainiev have more than just heard of the topic; both of them have faced clinical depression, its rejection by the current environment, and lack of appropriate information on psychiatry. Then they went through a mountain of scientific publications, talked to specialists and analyzed not only depression, but also other common disorders: bipolar disorder, antisocial personality disorder, anxiety disorder, borderline personality disorder, ADHD, Asperger syndrome and schizophrenia. The result is a unique-for-Russia book, which will help you not to go insane when you discover you or your loved ones have a mental disorder.

Moscow: Alpina Publisher, 2016