Mad People. The Inner Side of Life with Mental Illness

5.6 million people - this is the number of patients with mental disorders registered in Russia in 2021. And every year their number is increasing.
In this book, psychiatrist Elena Starenkova openly discusses severe mental disorders, broken fates, and important social... issues that are carefully hidden from all of us.
The author tells stories about mentally ill patients and the difficulties they have to face: widespread indifference and rejection by society, inept and even harmful help from relatives, the imperfection of the healthcare and legal systems, absolute helplessness in our usual life.

The author provides professional recommendations that will be of interest to patients, their relatives, and any healthy person. After all, anyone can go crazy.