- Published: 28 September 2011
- ISBN: 9781742746142
- Imprint: Random House Australia
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 224
My Life as a Side Effect
- Published: 28 September 2011
- ISBN: 9781742746142
- Imprint: Random House Australia
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 224
Milissa Deitz takes us into the inner world, turmoil and blackness experienced both by those with depression and by many creative individuals. The juxtaposition of her own story with the experiences of others build to the point that there are multiple types of depression, with differing causes and differing responsiveness to available treatments. Her brittle, self-deprecating and whimsical writing style is in sharp comparison to the many dismaying experiences that she describes.
Gordon Parker, Professor of Psychiatry UNSW, the Black Dog Institute
I would like to take this opportunity to say that it is an absolutely FABULOUS book! You are to be commended on your courage and honesty about our experiences with depression. It is not easy to speak about and from my own experiences and by reading your book, yours as well, admitting to what goes on in your own world without being scared of the judgement, stigma, etc it is not an easy task. Your book is the first that I have read that really said what goes on in my world and so many others.
Fiona Read, Board member SANE Australia, anythingbutblue
My Life As A Side Effect is an impressive work. It is a great pleasure to give it my enthusiastic endorsement, because it is so well constructed, so well written, and so much needed.
Emeritus Professor Scott Henderson, AO