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Mind on the Run chronicles a family tragedy — the life and death of Scott C. Baker. It's a story of a family's efforts to help Scott through five major, prolonged bipolar manic episodes.It's the story of a suicide that proper treatment would have prevented.
The book tells a compelling story of love and loss. It's a tragic account, filled with sadness and frustration, of a family's futile attempts to save their loved one. It takes readers inside the bipolar mind, a mind tormented by psychotic and delusional thoughts that erase any semblance of reality, a mind trapped in a body ravaged by irreversible damage from untreated bipolar disorder. Readers will grieve for Scott as they watch him lose his successful business, his family, and ultimately his life.
Even as a broken mental health system protected Scott's civil right to remain mentally ill by refusing treatment, it rejected the fight by Scott and his family to obtain timely and humane treatment for him. When Scott was well, he tried to empower his family to help him during bipolar episodes, but the courts rejected his requests. His story shows us ways we can improve the system.
Anonymous
Posted December 24, 2011
This review is coming from someone who rarely, is able to sit down and read a book for more than a few minutes. I found this book to be incredibly hard to put down and I actually finished it in a matter of two days. This book, Mind on the Run, tells a story of a shocking, frustrating and incredibly sad journey that Scott Baker, his friends and family had to take while fighting a disorder that is usually over looked by society. Bipolar disorder is a real mental illness and the system that is set up in the country to protect the people with mental illness is actually doing more harm than good. It is my sincere hope that people, who are in a position to make changes happen, pick up this book and just take a few moments out of their busy life to see just how today¿s laws and regulations need to be changed.
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Posted December 1, 2011
This book is very true to what bipolar people suffer! I only wish the families of adult children could help more. It is true the mental health system is saturated, but these people are human beings that are sick and not just a number . What this family has went through with thier family member, i can relate as my son is suffering from this same thing and it is so heartbreaking . This disease needs alot more recognition from all that suffer from bipolar for the victlim and the family. I highly recomend the book to all that are experiencing this terrible disorder with a loved one. This book is wonderfully writen and is so true about how the system works for the person suffering. The system needs to take this serious because it is serious for sll the family. Thank u for sharing your story and i hope it will help others as it has helped me
Lori w
Overview
Mind on the Run chronicles a family tragedy — the life and death of Scott C. Baker. It's a story of a family's efforts to help Scott through five major, prolonged bipolar manic episodes.It's the story of a suicide that proper treatment would have prevented.
The book tells a compelling story of love and loss. It's a tragic account, filled with sadness and frustration, of a family's futile attempts to save their loved one. It takes readers inside the bipolar mind, a mind tormented...