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A journey into the heartland of psychiatry. This audiobook debunks myths, challenges assumptions and offers fresh insight into what it means to be mentally ill. And what it means to be human. This Book Will Change Your Mind About Mental Health was previously published in 2019 in hardback under the title The Heartland. Nathan Filer's podcast, Why Do I Feel?, is available to stream wherever you listen.

In this mind-twisting tale based on real events, Fendi Jane Hathaway, an individual with schizoaffective disorder, writes down her feelings and what she experiences with mental illness inside a deep, dark diary. Throughout the story, you'll find that schizophrenia isn't what meets the eye. In fact, schizophrenia isn't what people make it at all.

First, she predicts your death. Then, you die. Usually, writhing in pain. Is she a fortune-teller or something much, much darker? Nobody tells the police, not for a long time, because, well, nobody in Chicago’s Little Warsaw wants to cross Tillie Klimek. The body count racks up as Jazz Age Chicago’s most notorious female poisoner takes down husband after husband and some other relatives while she’s at it. Few, it seems, can resist Tillie’s cooking. But is this Mrs. Bluebeard working alone?