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Book Review: A Lethal Inheritance – Monsters and Critics
“Although Victoria’s story could easily be depressing, this deeply personal book details one family’s journey through the stigma, denial, treatment difficulties and emerging medical research to reach a...
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Was Grandpa’s Accident Actually a Suicide? – Child in Mind – Boston.com
A review of “A Lethal Inheritance” by pediatrician Claudia Gold in her Boston Globe blog today. An excerpt… Costello explores the skeletons in her own closet, while using her considerable skill as a...
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When Mental Illness is a Family Affair: Q&A with Victoria Costello | World of...
Q: In your book you mention the early signs of mental illness that you missed in your son Alex. Even as a baby, you write that he seemed different. What signs can parents watch for? A: Some of the...
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Only Great Psychology Books Make It On To This Page
A Lethal Inheritance is “book of the month” on All About Psychology. Here’s Kaitlin Bell Barnett’s review… Costello makes an impassioned argument for knowing one’s family history of mental illness,...
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Goodreads |“She plays no favorites, blames no singular entity, and makes no...
I was deeply touched by Jennifer’s follow up message… “All of the points in your book related to my life: my own battle with mood disorders, my family’s denial both past and present, and my fears about...
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Two New Reviews of A Lethal Inheritance
Book reviews appear all over the web…I list them here as I find them unedited… Attorney Melinda Gustafson Gervasi writes: Do not let the tile throw you, this is not a drama filled thriller. Rather, it...
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A Family Tree Filled with Mental Illness – Johns Hopkins’ Psychiatrist Dean...
I happily share this book review from the Dana Foundation website, a wonderful resource on brain science that I’ve just discovered. An excerpt follows and then a link to Dean Mackinnon’s comprehensive...
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“A Mind in Danger” Wins 2013 ASJA June Roth Best Medical Journalism Award
I’m thrilled to share today’s news from the American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA) that my 2012 article in Scientific American MIND, “A Mind in Danger,” is the 2013 winner of the June Roth...
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The Diagnosis (Unfortunately) Left Out of DSM5: Attenuated Psychosis Disorder
As the much debated DSM5 finally enters the hands of doctors, policymakers, insurers and other interested parties next month (MAY/2013), I am reposting an article I wrote last fall. It concerns what I...
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A Review of “A Lethal Inheritance”….Read it, read it as a piece of fiction,...
I’m pleased to share this new review of my book written by Sandeep Gautam on his blog, The Mouse Trap: Book review: A Lethal Inheritance Today, i.e. 15th may 2013 is being celebrated asa mental health...
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