01977cam a2200337 i 4500 1004785687 TxAuBib 20231010120000.0 230427s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2023002648 9781250793775 hbk. 1250793777 hbk. (OCoLC)1395141346 TxAuBib rda Kissinger, Meg,. While you were out : an intimate family portrait of mental illness in an era of silence / Meg Kissinger. First edition. New York : Celadon Books, 2023. xii, 303 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references. "Growing up in the 1960s in the suburbs of Chicago, Meg Kissinger's family seemed to live a charmed life. With eight kids and two loving parents, the Kissingers radiated a warm, boisterous energy. ... But behind closed doors, a harsher reality was unfolding: a heavily-medicated mother hospitalized for anxiety and depression, a manic father prone to violence, and children in the throes of bipolar disorder and depression, two of whom would take their own lives. Through it all, the Kissingers faced the world with their signature dark humor and the unspoken family rule--never talk about it. [This memoir] begins as the personal story of one family's struggles, then opens outward as Kissinger details how childhood tragedy catalyzed a journalism career focused on exposing our country's flawed mental health care"--Provided by publisher. 20231010. Kissinger, Meg Family. Kissinger family. Families of the mentally ill United States Biography. Mentally ill United States Biography. Mental Health Services United States.