You Are Not Alone - The NAMI Guide to Navigating Mental Health - With Advice from Experts and Wisdom from Real Individuals and Families

Written with authority and compassion, this is the essential resource for individuals and families seeking expert guidance on diagnosis, treatment, and recovery, featuring inspiring, true stories from real people in their own words.

About the author

Ken Duckworth, MD, is the chief medical officer of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) and has worked with NAMI since 2003. Ken is board certified in adult psychiatry and child and adolescent psychiatry, and is an assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He was previously acting commissioner and medical director at the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health. Ken has worked on an assertive community treatment team, at an early psychosis program, at an elementary school, at a health plan, and with people who are unhoused. His passion for this work comes from his loving dad who had bipolar disorder. Ken lives with his family in Boston.

The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) is the nation's largest grassroots mental health organization, dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness. nami.org | @namicommunicate

Product details

• Authors: Ken Duckworth
• Publisher: Zando
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.2022
• EAN: 9781638930006
• ISBN: 978-1-63893-000-6
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; SELF-HELP / Anxieties & Phobias, SELF-HELP / Mood Disorders / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / General, Psychology, HEALTH & FITNESS / Reference, PSYCHOLOGY / Reference, Popular medicine & health, Abnormal psychology, Coping with anxiety & phobias, Reference works, Coping with illness & specific conditions, Popular medicine and health, HEALTH & FITNESS / Mental Health, Coping with / advice about anxiety and phobias, Coping with / advice about mental health issues