Wield, a physician, depicts a shocking portrait of Britain's mental health services through the story of her own experiences with severe depression. Creating an intimacy to this exposé she includes notes from her diary during the seven years she spent in archaic mental institutions and after the brain surgery that brought her a full recovery. Published by Racliffe Publishing, UK; distributed in the US by BookMasters. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)