Learning to Live with Huntington’s Disease: One Family’s Story by Phil Dourado (Jessica Kingsley Publishers) has just been published in England and is available on Amazon.com.

 

The book is one family's poignant story of coping with the symptoms, the diagnosis and the effects of HD. Told by the sufferer and other family members, the story describs the burden of watching yourself and others for symptoms of HD, including involuntary movements, depression, clumsiness, weight loss, slurred speech and sometimes violent tendencies.

 

The book has the endorsement of Dr. Jane Paulsen, Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology and Neurosciences at the University of Iowa and formerly of the University of California, San Diego.