Richard D. (niell) reviewed on 12/27/2009 + 5 more book reviews

Dr. Lauren Slater(psychologist)takes us on an in-depth tour of her world -- a place to which most of us would never be welcome except for her invitation. She works with severely disabled people -- (schizophrenics, borderline personalities)-- people whom we would find highly unattractive. However, as we walk through her interactions with them, she strips away much of the mystery that usually cloaks the person hiding inside the disability.

Her compassion and her faith in possibilities stems, in part, from the fact that she has experienced the mental health system from the other side as a teenager. Her prognosis was not very promising, but her story reminds us that one kind person can make a huge difference to a person suffering mental illness.

I highly recommend this book to anyone who people in the helping professions as well as the families of people who suffer with mental illness -- and to anyone who just wants to understand human behavior.

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