The Mending of Minds: Psychiatric Illness and Its Treatment: A Guide for Families and Patients

Written by a doctor specialising in psychiatry, this book will help the general reader to understand and sympathise with the mentally ill. Mental illness has many forms and many treatments; it can afflict young and old, and all ages between, with little apparent discrimination. It is as common - indeed more common - than most other forms of illness. It is real and, contrary to general belief, well-defined and, for the most part, susceptible to treatment. This book will help sufferers and carers alike to bear, acknowledge, and try to live with, mental illness.