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Good morning, everyone. I'm Michael Kovnet, and this is the next big idea daily, where we serve up powerful insights from the best new nonfiction books, no prescription required. Now, today's episode may stir up some strong opinions, especially if you've ever struggled with your mental health or questioned the medical system

that's supposed to help.

Laura Delano spent 14 years under psychiatric care, working with a variety of diagnosed

mental illnesses and trying every drug and therapy that promised to fix her.

But eventually, she started wondering, what if the problem wasn't in her brain,

but in the system itself? In her searing new memoir, Unshrunk, a story of psychiatric treatment

resistance, Laura recounts how she reclaimed her life, not by following doctor's orders,

but by learning to trust herself again.

She joins us now to share some of her most hard-won insights right after this quick break. Music Hey you, I'm Andrew Seaman.

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