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473 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
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"The other Dr. Gilmer is a work of nonfiction. Some names and identifying details have been changed, and some patient descriptions were written as a composite"--Title page verso
Good Hope Road -- Home -- Cane Creek -- Paranoia -- Serotonin -- The letter -- Wallens Ridge -- What happened -- Revelation -- Sick -- My American life -- Aftermath -- Family thanksgiving -- Cruel and unusual -- Waiting -- Countdown -- Healing crime
"Dr. Vince Gilmer's arrest for murder shocked his patients. The deeper Benjamin Gilmer looked into Vince's case, the more he became obsessed with discovering that pushed a good man to darkness. When Benjamin visited Vince in prison, he met a man who appeared to be fighting his own mind, constantly twitching and veering into nonsensical tangents. It was obvious that Vince needed help. Dr. Benjamin Gilmer's story asks us to answer a profound question: In a country with the highest incarceration rates in the world, what would it look like if we prioritized healing rather than punishment?"--