Amanda LaPera
Writer, Speaker, Teacher & Advocate -
Severe Mental Illness: Let's Do Something About It
On Saturday, September 27th, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, Orange County (NAMI OC) held their annual fundraiser to help support those affected by mental illness. My team walked in honor of my dad who is homeless because of untreated paranoid schizophrenia. Please support my team and our efforts. http://namiwalks.nami.org/brainiacs2014
Amanda LaPera takes a pie in the face for the NAMI OC Walk!
A portion of proceeds will go to NAMI-OC, an affiliate of the National Alliance on Mental Illness,a nonprofit dedicated to improving the lives of individuals and families affected by mental illness.
For information on how to cope with a loss of a loved one or how to deal with the grief process, visit my webpage "Coping with Loss."
I wish you the best in your journey.
Ellen Eldridge from Target Audience Magazine writes,"Reading LaPera's personal family drama feels like sharing a cup of cocoa with a friend you wish you could console."
Losing Dad does not paint a picture of a deviant; it portrays a true story of one family's long-term struggle with a father's severe mental illness. Extend your hands, as readers, and pick up a copy of Losing Dad by Amanda LaPera.
Read the entire review at TargetAudienceMagazine.com.
With so many recent tragedies involving individuals with untreated severe mental illness, families, doctors, and police are often blamed for “not doing enough.” The solution, however, is rarely simple. Losing Dad poignantly shows the effects of inadequate treatment for those living with a severe mental illness in America.
Losing Dad not only features Joseph's harrowing -- and still ongoing -- flight from reality, but also valuable information about severe mental illness, a crippling disease that affects 1 in 17.
Bonus: provides a list of resources, a discussion of current mental health laws, and exclusive family member interviews with several family members.
Ideal for book clubs, reading discussion questions are included!
The Foreword written by Xavier Amador,Ph.D., Founder, LEAP Institute and Author, I am Not Sick, I Don't Need Help! (Vida Press 2012) also explains anosognosia.
A portion of proceeds from sales of Losing Dad will go to NAMI-OC, an affiliate of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, a nonprofit dedicated to improving lives of individuals and families affected by mental illness.
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