Is There Room For Me, Too?: 12 Steps & 12 Strategies for coping with mental illness

In America today, in any given year, there are 60 million people living with a psychiatric condition. They are given pills, which may - or may not - control their worst symptoms. And then what? For the first time, here comes a book that tells you what to do AFTER you leave the doctor's office. Foreword Reviews writes: "Four Stars out of five...this book will also benefit relatives and friends and help mental health professionals better understand their patients...it provides practicable, well-presented information." Is There Room For Me, Too? is both a spiritual and a practical guide.The first half of each chapter deals with the patient's new identity, using the 12-Step plan of AA as a jumping off point for exploring who we are now. The second half of each chapter is a practical guide to the ins and outs of a life few people understand. How to deal with your doctor; how to navigate your way through bureaucracies and services; who to tell and what to tell them; ways to deal with psychosis; how to survive suicidal thoughts; and more.