Breaking the Silence

Introduction. Stephen P. Hinshaw. 1. My Story is one of Loss, Laura B. Mason. 2. Finding my Mind, Ruth White. 3. A Field Agent in our Midst, Tara Peris. 4. Laura's Story: Making Sense of and Deriving Meaning from her Life with Mental Illness, Elizabeth B. Owens. 5. In My Voice: Speaking out about Mental Health and Stigma, Jeffrey Liew. 6. Columbus Day, 1994: A New World, Kay S. Browne. 7. The Meaning of Mental Health (and Other LessonsLearned), Mark S. Atkins. 8. Memories of Parental Decompensation, Theodore P. Beauchaine. 9. Weeping Mother, Jarralynne Agee. 10. The Game with No Rules: A Sibling Confronts Mental Illness, Jessica Borelli. 11. Reverberations, Peter E. Nathan. 12. "He Just Can't Help It": My Struggle with My Father's Struggle with Bipolar Disorder, Esme A. Londahl-Shaller. 13. Performing Human, Janet Lucas. 14. The Legacy of Loss: Depression as a Family Affair, Carolyn Zahn-Waxler. Closing Thoughts. Stephen Hinshaw