Fragile Minds

An Advocate's Story
Langbeschreibung
After a series of traumatic events, including breast cancer and a two-year battle with anxiety and depression, Diane Chambers, a professional sign language interpreter, searches for a deeper understanding of mental illness and those who suffer from it. Taking her interpreting work into the trenches of the psychiatric communities, she comes to a rude awakening. Our laws are allowing thousands of individuals with serious mental illness to go without treatment. Too often the results are tragic. This astounding revelation sets her on an unexpected crusade to make a difference.In her memoir, Fragile Minds: An Advocate's Story, Chambers shares her experience and knowledge of mental illness and our system of care, including its flaws and politics, hoping to awaken others to the fight for reform of our laws.
Diane Lane Chambers has enjoyed a career as a professional sign language interpreter for over 45 years. Her focus for the last 20 years has been interpreting in the medical and behavioral health arenas. Active in the National League of American Pen Women, she has served as the NLAPW Denver Branch vice president and several terms as president. In her free time she follows legislation and advocates for reform of our nation's privacy laws and involuntary commitment statues to remove barriers to treatment for persons with serious mental illness. Diane is the author of two other nonfiction books: Words in My Hands: A Teacher, A Deaf-Blind Man, An Unforgettable Journey and Hearing the Stream: A Survivor's Journey into the Sisterhood of Breast Cancer. She is the producer and narrator of a DVD about Support Service Providers for persons with hearing and vision loss titled, SSPs: What Are They and Why Are They Necessary https://dianelanechambers.com/diane-lane-chambers-author.html
ISBN-13:
9780976096788
Veröffentl:
2022
Erscheinungsdatum:
25.06.2022
Seiten:
378
Autor:
Diane Chambers
Gewicht:
613 g
Format:
229x152x22 mm
Sprache:
Englisch

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