Loud in the House of Myself is authored by Stacey Pershall. In the book, she narrates her struggles with mental illness. W.W Norton and company is the book publisher. The book was published on 23rd January 2012. In the book, Pershall narrates her life experiences from childhood, whereby she was a baby with fewer complications throughout adolescence to adulthood, whereby she was finally diagnosed with various disorders including and not limited to bipolar. The conditions became more complex with age. Pershall suffered depression and ended up compromising her life principles and religious beliefs in an effort to seek approval.
Both the medical model and the social model have roles to play in addressing disorders. The perspective of both models on a disability is, however, different. The medical model of disability perceives disability as an issue that is fully owned by the affected individual and not a concern to other people. On the other hand, social model of disability, bring out the idea that the society plays a role in advancing the disabled conditions and if this is reduced, more potential would be realized among the disabled. For instance, in the first five chapters, the author suffers from anxiety disorders. She is even worried about the welfare of her mother in case she dies. From a young age, the writer of the book has always been anxious about the future and got some fears. The medical model would put it as an inability of Pershall to be calm while the social model would emphasis on the insecurities created by the people around her.
Additionally, it is also abnormal to have someone cling excessively on something like Pershall did with religion and his lover. The medical model would, however, diagnose her of having an inability to live a balanced life while the social model would argue that it originated from rejection the author was enduring from other members of the society.
In conclusion, with an understanding of the feelings of the author from firsthand experience, it would be very crucial to combine both methods in treating individuals suffering from mental illness. Some of the disorders which exist we perceive them as normal while they are contributing to more negative results in future.