Through the Fire: How People with Mental Illness Are Empowering Each Other

Mental health touches every aspect of life in the United States: from police encounters to prisons, and from hospitals to housing, those suffering from mental illness are overrepresented and underserved. In Through the Fire, leading expert in the field of mental health law Fredrick Vars reveals that some of the most promising reforms are coming from within the community of individuals living with mental illness.

In this personal and compassionate survey of mental health in America, readers m...