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In Misdiagnosis: A Physician's Triumph Over His Thirty-Year Battle With Depression, Dr. Alan Cohen offers the dual perspective of a healer who helped others overcome a life-threatening illness from which he also suffered. With a brilliant blend of wit, irony and unflinching candor, Cohen recounts the painful tale of a chaotic life. A correct diagnosis of Bipolar 2 Disorder after his first suicide attempt, at age nineteen, could have spared him twelve hospitalizations and over thirty electroshock therapy treatments. With vivid detail, Cohen describes his fight with cancer, his professional and personal losses, and his struggles with finding a lasting relationship