What ’ s a Group Home Like? This First-Person Account Will Open Your Eyes

One of the reasons that stigma around mental illness persists in society is because people oftentimes have little understanding of what it’s like to live with mental illness. Sites like The Mighty and OC87 Recovery Diaries offer thoughtful glimpses into living with depression, living with bipolar disorder, and even what living with schizophrenia is like. But part of the problem comes, too, with understanding how treatment for mental illness works. Like what happens in a group home, when we as a society seek to empty psychiatric hospitals of their longtime patients? How does a group home in a community actually work? If you’ve always wondered but never knew, have I got a book for you. Meet Dr. Dan Tomasulo. Dan, as many of you recognize, has been one of our long-time contributors here at Psych Central, both with original articles as well as his continuing contributions as one of our resident Ask the Therapists. What you may not realize is that he’s also a successful author of books, most recently Confessions of a Former Child: A Therapist s Memoir (Graywolf Press, 2008), winner of the 2009 Rebecca’s Reads Written Arts Award in Creative Nonfiction. His newest book and second memoir, American Snake Pit, was selected as a finalist for The Southampton Review’s 2016 Frank McCourt Memoir Prize and the screenplay has received over 20 awards at international film festivals since June 2017. This week, in recognition of Mental Health Month, Amazon.com is...
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