Between Two Worlds

Anchored on the life-long experiences of a mother who is a psychiatrist, and her son who has been labeled with a serious mental illness, Between Two Worlds describes a recovery-oriented path to repairing the broken mental health system.

Ellen Bassuk & Daniel Schoonover

Acknowledgments Preface: Welcome to the Hotel with No Vacancy Introduction: Our Mental Health System Is Broken Part I: Growing Up in an Unfriendly World 1. Mother of a Marginalized Child 2. Setting My Moral Compass 3. Becoming a Doctor 4. The Best Laid Plans 5. Where Did My Sister Go? 6. How the System Failed Daniel 7. "I Didn't Go to School; I Only Went to Timeout." Part II: Descent into Psychosis 8. Isolated and Lonely 9. Boas, Fish, and Bees 10. What Did Daniel Have? 11. Reign of Terror 12. A Community of Spirits 13. Florid Psychosis 14. Our Broken Mental Health System: How Did We Get Here? 15. Transforming Psychiatry Part III: Journey Back to Personhood 16. Tortuous Uphill Road 17. The Recovery Process 18. Real People, Real Empathy, Real Connection 19. Glimmers of Purpose and Hope About the Authors References Index