Canadian Book on Mental Illness Recommended by Organizations in the US (NAMI) and Europe (EUFAMI)

Aug. 30, 2010 - PRLog -- Among NAMI's Advocate e-newsletter recent book recommendations is  Vancouver mother Susan Inman's memoir, After Her Brain Broke, Helping My Daughter Recover Her Sanity. Released in the early Spring, the book has been receiving excellent reviews from diverse sources. Dr. E Fuller Torrey, a former adviser to NAMI and author of Surviving Schizophrenia stated that  "this is one of the best accounts I have read of serious mental illness as told by a mother." and "Highly  recommended"

Book review site, Blog Critics, stated that, "After Her Brain Broke serves as a manual for consumers of mental health services and their families."

Victoria Maxwell,  well known play write, educator and speaker on the lived experience of mental illness, named this as her book of the month in her June/July newsletter and said "this book provides a sanctuary of relief and profound validation."

Well known Canadian columnist Rafe Mair writes in the online journal The Tyee that, "Sad and often tragic that the book is, one always gets the feeling of optimism....It's a book I urge you to read."

The Canadian Medical Association Journal in a recent review  called the book "well written, moving without being sentimental, informative without being pedantic". The reviewer, Dr. Ellen Wiebe, recommends it for both physicians and family members of patients and writes that she wishes she had Susan's book when a member of her own family became mentally ill.
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ER physician and best selling author of Pandemic, Rage Therapy, Blood Lies, and Of Flesh And Blood, Daniel Kalla said "a must read for families coping with a mental illness, and a wonderful eye-opener for those of us lucky enough not to have been affected."

In his introduction to the book, former Senator Michael Kirby, Chair of the Mental Health Commission of Canada stated that "Susan Inman's account provides glimpses of the heartache and devastation a family experiences when mental illness strikes."

ABOUT NAMI (the National Alliance on Mental Illness)

For three decades, NAMI has established itself as the most formidable grassroots mental health advocacy organization in the US. Dedication, steadfast commitment and unceasing belief in NAMI's mission by grassroots advocates have produced profound changes. . To see the current NAMI e-newsletter visit http://www.nami.org/ADVTemplate.cfm?Section=E-Newsletter&...

ABOUT EUFAMI (European Federation of Associations of Families of People With Mental Illness)

Based in Leuven, Belgium, EUFAMI was founded in 1992 after a congress, which took place in 1992 in De Haan, Belgium, where carers from all over Europe shared their experiences of helplessness and frustration when living with severe mental illness. They resolved to work together to help both themselves and the people they cared for.  EUFAMI has 50 member organisations from 28 Countries. For further information, visit http://www.eufami.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=v...

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Coming soon: My Schizophrenic Life: The Road to Recovery From Mental Illness by Sandra Yuen MacKay - "remarkably compelling" - Library Journal and The Adolescent Owner's Manual by Dr. David Laing Dawson - A highly readable guide for parents of teens