Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Adam Duritz of "Counting Crows" Addresses Mental Illness




Adam Duritz, lead singer-songwriter for the band Counting Crows, has recently disclosed that he experiences a type of Dissociative Disorder and severe depression. In my armchair opinion, it appears that Duritz is describing Depersonalization Disorder, a category within Dissociative Disorders.

He writes about his experience here - naming the article "The Lonely Disease." The Counting Crows' new CD "Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings" is a double album. The first half focuses on Duritz's decline into illness and the second half about his recovery.