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Judging a Book By The Cover Just before my college semester as a psychology major began this year, I decided to do some reading about the field to prepare myself for what was to come in my college career. In my search, I found Electroboy, a memoir of mania by Andy Behrman about his personal struggle with a mental disorder and finding therapy. Electroboy is a book that would not only appeal to those who …

…to judge a book by the cover, I will have to disagree. Picking up Electroboy based simply on what the outside of the book looked like, caused me to engage myself into a great story from a wonderful writer. Reading Electroboy gave me insight and second hand knowledge for understanding one of the most complex and difficult mental disorders in psychology while also educating me on the way a persona lives with such a disease.