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Submitted by PatientsEngage on 1 May 2017

A comprehensive book by Amrit Bakhshy, a father of a daughter with schizophrenia and president of Schizophrenia Awareness Association that covers a wide range of information that a family of a person with mental illness needs.

The book is divided into four parts detailed below:

1. “Orientation” contains basic information about mental illness and how families should handle the situation when a family member has developed symptoms of mental illness.

2. “Theories, Therapies and Treatments” contains answers to all the queries which families have but don’t know where to get the answers and the guidance.

3. “Empowerment” gives advance information about various legal provisions concerning mental health, various benefits available, rights of patients and their families and all that they should know in addition to the day to day management.

4. “Annexures” is a useful reference guide. It contains lists of all mental hospitals in the country, NGOs working for persons with mental illness and their families, general hospitals with psychiatry wards and half-way homes. The lists are arranged state-wise and city-wise with contact details. There is a list of books for reading by caregivers. The basic terms have been explained in a separate annexure and there is a list of abbreviations with full form. There is also an annexure on the who’s who in mental health in India.

Read an extract from the book: Caregiver's Guide to Mental Illness Support

The book is also available in Hindi

How to get hold of the book - SAA's Publication "Mental Illness and Caregiving". It is available on FlipKart, White Falcon Chandigarh, Schizophrenia Awareness Association Pune

1. From SAA Pune

Details on the website: https://schizophrenia.org.in/awareness/publications-book/

2. From Amazon India

English: Mental Illness and Caregiving

Hindi: Mental Illness Caregiving Problems and Solutions

 

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