Beyond Crazy: Journeys Through Mental Illness

by Scott Simmie and Julia Nunes

Book Overview

In any given year, one in five Canadians will experience symptoms of mental disorder. So why do we still have such a long way to go towards true understanding and acceptance? Because people are afraid... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0771080689
• ISBN13: 9780771080685
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.7"

Customer Reviews

Great Stories, Very Helpful to Those Who Are Recovering

Provides many stories of people...some famous, many succesful...who have come through mental illness and gotten on with their lives. Some are role models in that they share their paths from success to rock bottom and back again. The book also has a chapter on "what it feels like," enlightening those of us who may have experienced one form of mental illness but don't understand what people with other mental illnesses experience. All-in-all, an interesting, informative, easy-to-read, enjoyable book.

An inspiring read!

I thought this book was both entertaining and informative. Some of the stories were brutally honest, and some were also very uplifting. I learned quite a lot about mental illness by reading this book -- and I'd have to say it's changed the way I view this topic. Some of the stories were very, VERY moving.