Saving Jenny : rescuing our youth from America's opioid and suicide epidemic / Vivian Percy in collaboration with anna Badini, PhD

Author:: Percy, Vivian
Published:: New York : Radius Book Group, 2018.
Edition:: First edition.
Physical Description:: 306 pages ; 24 cm

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Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I "THEIR CHILDREN'S CRIES UNHEARD" -- Introduction Everybody Feels the Evil -- ch. 1 Seeing in a Mirror Dimly -- ch. 2 From Orphaned with Parents to Tragedy, PTSD, and Addiction -- ch. 3 An Aerial View of the Drug Scene: No Help Here -- ch. 4 The Scary-Go-Round, Part I -- ch. 5 The Scary-Go-Round, Part II -- ch. 6 Dancing with the Devil -- ch. 7 Forgotten and (Finally) Recovered -- pt. II "TO SHEW FORTH GOODNESS" -- ch. 8 Spirituality and Love: Necessary for People and Society and to Combat Addiction and Depression -- ch. 9 The Personal Experience of Spiritual Love: And the Costs of Its Absence -- ch. 10 A New Therapeutic Paradigm: Restoring the Individual Soul -- ch. 11 A New Paradigm for American Society: Specific Proposals to Overcome the Epidemic.

Summary:

"Normal turned to PTSD and a substance abuse nightmare for Jenny the instant a taxi struck her, catapulting her twenty feet across a busy New York City street. Jenny is one of the lucky ones to have survived the drug rehabilitation system, which routinely fails those at risk. Her story is multiplied across the U.S. in the shattered lives and torn-apart families of millions of Jennies. Saving Jenny is the narration of a mother and daughters long painful journey from tragedy, through opioid addiction, toward redemption. Its cautionary tale sheds light on drug dependency, suicidal depression, sexual exploitation and misdiagnosed mind disorders. We discover that these are symptoms of much larger societal issues: the decimation of the family, childhood traumatization, and a culture devoid of human values. These pages unmask a mental health industry focused more on profits than people, which regularly betrays those in its keeping, and the complicity of Big Pharma and insurance companies in these schemas. We see firsthand the abuse, negligence and illicit activities going on in psychiatric and rehab facilities"--Amazon.com.

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ISBN:

1682309991
9781682309995

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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