Mental health advocate Susan Inman says schizophrenia is invisible in Canada’s new mental health strategy
In 2007, the Government of Canada established a group called the Mental Health Commission of Canada to develop a national mental health strategy. The commission, headed by Michael Kirby, is due to release its strategy document in early 2012. A draft copy of that strategy [opens to PDF], not intended to be available to the public, is currently being finalized.
Now mental health advocate and author Susan Inman is raising concerns about the strategy document, saying that the proposed plan represents decisions that are dangerous to the well being of people with schizophrenia.
Susan Inman’s recent memoir, “After Her Brain Broke”, describes her family’s nine year journey to help her younger daughter recover from a catastrophic schizoaffective disorder. She speaks from the personal experiences of parent and care-giver.
We speak with Susan Inman.
