Tell me i'm here: one family's experience...
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TELL ME I’M HERE: One Family’s Experience With Schizophrenia _ by Anne Deveson (Penguin: $10; 269 pp_ ._ , illustrated, paperback original). _ Australian documentary filmmaker Anne Deveson
lived a nightmare that haunts every parent: She watched her son succumb to the madness that caused his death, and could do nothing to help him. Although schizophrenia is a commonly diagnosed
mental illness, its causes remain unclear, and the prognosis for patients is uncertain at best. The Australian legal and social-service systems--like their post-Reagan American
counterparts--make it difficult to hospitalize a person who appears lucid, even when he represents a danger to himself and others. Deveson offers a moving plea for a kinder, more rational
treatment of schizophrenics and their families. MORE TO READ