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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Dr Frank Shanty , Melanie Shanty , Dr Larry AlessiPublisher: Fcp Press Imprint: Fcp Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.327kg ISBN: 9780999801604ISBN 10: 0999801600 Pages: 218 Publication Date: 01 June 2018 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsReviewsA must read for families with children and loved ones with mental illness. This narrative is well written, emotionally moving, and very personal. It balances the burdens and the rewards of a family approach to coping with mental illness, with the balance in favor of the rewards. This book takes the reader through the details of the day-to-day life experience of living with a severely mentally ill sister and vividly portrays the emotional toll and sacrifices her illness placed on the entire family. Melanie's story about her forty-year dedication to her sister is intermingled with mixed emotions, self-doubts and creates a sense of intimacy, which compels the reader to want to reach out and help her. Frank and Melanie's narrative takes the reader to the depth of one's love, compassion and loneliness in facing what seems like an in surmountable struggle. I recommend reading this riveting account of two young girls in their formative years of life, one grappling with severe bipolar disorder, hopelessness and profound loneliness and the other selflessly trying to help her. Author InformationMelanie L. Shanty CRPC(R) is a financial planner and investment advisor who owns and manages a third-generation practice (40-plus years) in Towson, Maryland. She currently serves as a volunteer on the Board of Directors of the Harford-Belair Community Mental Health Association in Baltimore. She has been a board member and served in many other organizational capacities in this association for over 13 years including past president. Melanie is also a current CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) volunteer near her home in Harford County, Maryland. The CASA program helps connect court-appointed advocates to children currently in the foster care system due to abuse or neglect. She has been a volunteer in this capacity since 2007. She became involved with mental health issues in 1998 when she became primary care provider for her sister Susan, who required emotional and financial assistance throughout most of her life. Upon her mother's death in 1998, Melanie began serving as primary care provider and co-trustee of a discretionary trust for Susan, who passed away on October 6, 2011. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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