Additional thanks to Peg, who helped us in editing and proofing the final copy. Sometimes that need is immediate and unexpected. Questions never considered become important, and important questions simply do not occur to inexperienced families. Even families who have lived with mental illness for years have questions. Those who move to new locations must learn new answers appropriate to their new setting.
Questions abound and answers usually exist.
But, too often, the search for answers requires more energy and persistence than a troubled family can muster. The Family Resource Guidebook provides practical answers to practical questions. It does not provide medical answers. The initial chapters are informational and discuss the basic facts about mental illness and its treatment. The Appendices and Mental Health Services-Regional Listings toward the back provide people with local names and numbers of services they will be needing.