A Way Out of Madness

A Way Out of Madness: Dealing with Your Family After You've Been Diagnosed with a Psychiatric Disorder

By Daniel Mackler and Matthew Morrissey

2010 paperback, 159 pages

(from the back cover)

Family conflict can wreak havoc on people diagnosed with psychiatric disorders. A Way Out of Madness offers guidance in resolving family conflict and taking control of your life. The book also includes personal accounts of family healing by people who were themselves psychiatrically diagnosed.

Contributors include:
Patch Adams, M.D., inspiration for Robin Williams film
Joanne Greenberg, author, I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
David Oaks, director, MindFreedom International
Will Hall, co-founder, Freedom Center

"Therapists Daniel Mackler and Matthew Morrissey show that learning to deal successfully with family relationships -- whether they be a source of distress or a source of comfort -- can be the key to recovery. The powerful personal stories in the second part of the book attest both to the wisdom of their advice and to the fact that people can descend into 'madness' and then fully recover, and do so without needing to stay on psychiatric medications for 'life.'"
-- Robert Whitaker, author, Mad in America