AFTER
HER BRAIN BROKE: HELPING MY DAUGHTER RECOVER HER SANITY - SUSAN INMAN
Susan
Inman's memoir describes her family's nine year journey to help her
younger daughter recover from a catastrophic schizoaffective
disorder.
"...one of the best accounts I have read of serious mental
illness as told by a mother." and
"Highly recommended" E. Fuller Torrey, MD author
of Surviving
Schizophrenia
The Hon Michael Kirby, Chair of the Mental Health Commission of Canada,
and Ella Amir, Chair, Family Caregivers Advisory Committee, Mental
Health Commission of Canada state:
"Susan Inman's account provides glimpses of the heartache and
devastation a family experiences when mental illness strikes. In a
measured tone devoid of drama or embellishment, she describes her
travail over nine years of her daughter's illness, a 'devoted and
desperate' mother."
Daniel Kalla, MD, ER Physician, St. Paul's Hospital,
Vancouver and International Bestselling Author of Pandemic,
Rage Therapy, Blood Lies, andOf Flesh And Blood had this to say of the
book:
"After Her Brain Broke is a harrowing, heart
wrenching, and ultimately triumphant story of one family's struggle
with a child's mental illness. It's impossible not to be moved by
Susan Inman's honest and touching account of her daughter's
sudden descent into mental health turmoil and the family's long hard
battle to overcome it. 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."
Stephanie Engel, a Harvard psychiatrist said:
"a much needed
book about her experience as a mother coming to grips with her
daughter’s devastating mental illness...... Believing in one’s own
instincts as a parent in the face of expertise, myths and prejudices
is a monumental task, and Ms Inman does it with grace and conviction."
Jehannine C. Austin, PhD
CGC/CCGC Assistant Professor, MSFHR Scholar & CIHR New
Investigator UBC Departments of Psychiatry and Medical Genetics.
"eloquently and
movingly describes her journey through her daughter's illness.... Her powerful story offers
hope and validation to others who find themselves in similar
situations."
P. Jane Milliken, RN, PhD Associate Professor Associate
Director Undergraduate Education School of Nursing, University of
Victoria
"Susan's story is
inspirational."
Renea Mohammed, Program Co-ordinator, Vancouver Community
Mental Health Services, Peer Support Program
