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The Resource The valedictorian of being dead : the true story of dying ten times to live, Heather B. Armstrong

The valedictorian of being dead : the true story of dying ten times to live, Heather B. Armstrong

Label
The valedictorian of being dead : the true story of dying ten times to live
Title
The valedictorian of being dead
Title remainder
the true story of dying ten times to live
Statement of responsibility
Heather B. Armstrong
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"For years, Heather B. Armstrong has alluded to her struggle with depression on her website, dooce. It's scattered throughout her archive, where it weaves its way through posts about pop culture, music, and motherhood. But in 2016, Heather found herself in the depths of a depression she just couldn't shake, an episode darker and longer than anything she had previously experienced... Heather decided to risk it all by participating in an experimental clinical trial involving a chemically induced coma approximating brain death. Now, for the first time, Heather recalls the torturous eighteen months of suicidal depression she endured and the month-long experimental study in which doctors used propofol anesthesia to quiet all brain activity for a full fifteen minutes before bringing her back from a flatline. Ten times. The experience wasn't easy. Not for Heather or her family. But a switch was flipped, and Heather hasn't experienced a single moment of suicidal depression since."--
Assigning source
provided by publisher
Biography type
autobiography
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Armstrong, Heather B
Dewey number
  • 616.85/270092
  • B
Index
no index present
LC call number
RC537
LC item number
.A744 2019
Literary form
non fiction
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Armstrong, Heather B.
  • Armstrong, Heather B
  • Depressed persons
  • Depression, Mental
  • Depressed persons
  • Depression, Mental
  • Mental health
  • United States
Target audience
adult
Label
The valedictorian of being dead : the true story of dying ten times to live, Heather B. Armstrong
Instantiates
Publication
Note
Includes reader's guide
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
on1080554353
Edition
First Gallery Books hardcover edition.
Extent
xii, 244 pages ; 24 cm
Isbn
9781501197048
Lccn
2018050011
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)1080554353
Label
The valedictorian of being dead : the true story of dying ten times to live, Heather B. Armstrong
Publication
Note
Includes reader's guide
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
on1080554353
Edition
First Gallery Books hardcover edition.
Extent
xii, 244 pages ; 24 cm
Isbn
9781501197048
Lccn
2018050011
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)1080554353

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