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These places we walk : stories of mental illness in American society

This paper examines research on mental illness and mental health literacy as well as an examination of literary elements in interlinked stories in order to write a linked collection of five short stories about mental illnesses. Depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, post-traumatic stress disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Trimble, Rachel Grace, “These places we walk : stories of mental illness in American society.” (2019). College of Arts & Sciences Senior Honors Theses. Paper 183.
Retrieved from https://ir.library.louisville.edu/honors/183

Direct download link: https://ir.library.louisville.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1285&context=honors

TYPE OF MATERIAL: Honors Thesis

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