From Grief to Advocacy: A Family Responds to a Mental Health Tragedy

This book chronicles Sean D. Isensee's struggles with depression, generalized anxiety disorder and bipolar disorder following a very happy childhood.After the death of his son at the hands of a police officer, the author and his family and friends became advocates for change in how law enforcement agencies respond to a mental health crisis.The book also explores the causes of some mental illness and calls for a response to it that moves beyond blame to more compassionate and effective solutions. The stories of two other families who lost loved ones in a mental health crisis are profiled as well, including their own unique responses to their own tragedies. Read more