A brilliant madness living with manic depressive illness in her revealing bestseller call me anna patty duke shared her long kept secret the talented oscar winning actress who won our hearts on the patty duke show was suffering from a serious but treatable mental illness called manic depression. Now in a brilliant madness patty duke joins with medical reporter gloria hochman to shed light on this powerful paradoxical and destructive illness from what its like to live with manic depressive disorder to the latest findings on its most effective treatments this compassionate and eloquent book provides profound insight into the challenge of mental illness. Brilliant madness living with manic depressive illness brilliant madness in her revealing bestseller call me anna patty duke shared her long kept secret the talented oscar winning actress. Now in a brilliant madness patty duke joins with medical reporter gloria hochman to shed light on this powerful paradoxical and destructive illness from what its like to live with manic depressive disorder to the latest findings on its most effective treatments this compassionate and eloquent book provides profound insight into the challenge of mental illness. A brilliant madness patty duke joins with medical reporter gloria hochman to shed light on this powerful paradoxical and destructive illness from what its like to live with manic depressive disorder to the latest findings on its most effective treatments this compassionate and eloquent book provides