A Pioneer in The Mental Illness Arena

March 25, 2010 - PRLog -- The review goes on to say "After Her Brain Broke details the determination of one family, one mother, to navigate their way through the rocky, uncharted waters of severe mental illness, and a health care system that flounders in its well-meaning attempts to understand and treat this appalling disease.

Susan Inman is a true pioneer. Her courageous and indefatigable energy to push through and break down the obstacles that she encountered over and over, be it uninformed professionals, outdated psychiatric attitudes or limitations of the health care system, demanded the care and attention that eventually led to some peace for her daughter and her family.

For mothers, this book is a terrifying read, yet it inspires us to confront head on whatever may stand in the way of what we know instinctively our children need.......this book is written in such a straightforward, positive manner with no trace of self pity or complaint, that it is truly a must read for anyone who ever doubts that love is not the answer!"

One of the reviews on Amazon.com is headlined "Hope from Despair" and says "In this true story, the mother soon learns that because it is a mental illness, the professionals to whom they must turn are in some cases ill-informed and positively destructive. With relentless intelligence, perseverance, and love, this woman overcame ignorance, and transformed isolation into community and despair into hope."

Ms Bob Etier in her review on Blog Critics said "After Her Brain Broke should be required reading for the mental health field or Psychology 101 students".

Political commentator, Raif Mair, wrote  "It's a book I urge you to read" in The Tyee on-line newspaper

Dr. E Fuller Torrey, a former advisor to the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, the Executive Director of the Stanley Medical Research Foundation and the best selling author of Surviving Schizophrenia said "this is one of the best accounts I have read of serious mental illness as told by a mother." He went on to say that her "attempts to educate herself and her support of her daughter as they wend their way through the schizoaffective maze provide a model for other families. Highly recommended"

Dr. Stephanie Engel, a Harvard psychiatrist stated that this is "a much needed book about her experience as a mother..."

Dr. P Jane Milliken at the University of Victoria in BC states that "Susan's story is inspirational"

Dr. Jehannnine C.S. Austin of the Department of Psychiatry and Medical Genetics at the University of British Columbia adds that this book is "important reading for both family members and mental health professionals alike".

A review by Ms Bob Etier on Blog Critics also stated that "After Her Brain Broke is critical of “traditional,” blame-the-parents psychotherapy which is surprisingly still practiced, and sensitive to how that approach can hurt the mentally ill, as well as their families"

Well known Canadian political commentator Raif Mair wrote in his review on The Tyee mentioned above that this is "a story of great courage by each member of the family, very much including Molly. It's a book I urge you to read."

You can see an interview with the author on Healthyplace TV at http://www.livestream.com/healthyplace/video?clipId=pla_6...

After Her Brain Broke: Helping My Daughter Recover Her Sanity, is published by Bridgeross Communications. ISBN 978-0-9810037-8-8 and is distributed by Ingram Books. The book is available from Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Chapters/Indigo and in a Kindle format.

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A publisher of quality books distributed by Ingram. List includes the mysteries of David Laing Dawson as well as The Original Reigning Cats and Dogs, The Dysfunctional Father's Guide and Schizophrenia: Medicine's Mystery - Society's Shame.