MENTAL ILLNESS

Mental Illness: The Silent Pandemic is a memoir with a purpose. In this deeply personal and politically motivated account of life in the American South, Dianne Lackey Benedict discusses coming of age in the Bible Belt at a time of heightened racial unrest and unabashed gender inequity. With urgency and candor, Benedict suggests that we are ignoring the most critical issue we are facing today - mental illness. Based on her personal experience, she resists the stigmatization of mental illness and