Mental Illness and Care Giving – Challenges, Concerns, and Complications  (Paperback, Amrit Bakhshy)

The Bible for the Indian Family Caregivers, the book provides guidance to those, who need to help their family members with mental illness but are groping in the dark. It is based on the author’s own experience as a caregiver and the information and the knowledge he has gained as a mental health activist. It is a legacy from him to the present and the future family caregivers. The book has 4 parts. The First Part contains information on how to take care of a family member with schizophrenia and other mental illnesses; dos and don’ts and practical tips for day to day care. The Second Part provides information compiled from various sources about the types of mental illnesses, treatments and supportive therapies and guidance on related issues, chewed and digested to make it an easy read for family caregivers. The Third Part is a compendium of information for family caregivers as a handy material to help in their queries, misgivings, anxieties and worries which should provide them some relief. The Fourth Part has appendices containing information about the mental health institutions, stakeholders, literature on mental health, explaining terms, phrases and abbreviations. After it is read once or twice, it can be used as a reference book, a caregivers’ constant companion.