Canadian Author, Susan Inman, to Sign Books at NAMI Conference in Washington DC, July 2

June 23, 2010 - PRLog -- Susan Inman's memoir  about her daughter's struggles with schizoaffective disorder has been receiving very positive reviews in both Canada and the US.  It is "a model for families" and "highly recommended" by Dr. E Fuller Torrey. He is the author of the best selling Surviving Schizophrenia, a former advisor to NAMI, and the executive director of the Stanley Medical Research Foundation in Bethesda, MD.

Political commentator Raif Mair, writing in the Tyee http://thetyee.ca/Books/2010/03/05/AfterHerBrainBroke/, described the book as “a story of great courage” and “a book I urge you to read” .

Amy Baskin in  Today's Parent blog http://blogs.todaysparent.com/uncategorized/parenting-a-child-with-mental-illness-new-memoir/ said “even if your family isn’t affected by mental illness read this book. You’ll gain awareness and understanding of an illness still so shrouded in stigma. And you’ll read about a parent who, like you, will do whatever it takes to help her child."

Victoria Maxwell, one of North America's most most sought-after educators and speakers on  mental illness, an award winning playwright and actress who also suffers with bipolar disorder, chose After Her Brain Broke as her Book of the Month in her current “Crazy for Life” newsletter.  She said of the book that it  “provides a sanctuary of relief and profound validation”. See http://campaign.constantcontact.com/render?v=001vuCdHl1qD...

Ms Inman has been talking to many groups in Canada about serious mental illness and has been featured on Healthyplace Internet TV based in Texas and on CBS radio in Pittsburgh but this is her first personal visit to discuss her book in the US. After NAMI, she will be giving a presentation at the Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre in that city. The talk, called Empowering Parents: How We Can Help the Parents of Children with Serious Mental Illness, is sponsored by the Royal Ottawa Health Care Group and the Schizophrenia Society of Ontario Ottawa Region.

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