Peer-Led Support Helps Parents and Caregivers Cope with Mental Illness

• By: Wendy Brennan, MS National Alliance on Mental Illness of New York City (NAMI-NYC)
• July 1st, 2010
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When her teenage daughter was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, Deniece Chi did not know where to turn for help. A native of Belize residing in New York City, she had no experience with or understanding of mental illness. Her relatives dismissed the diagnosis and suggested that a lack of discipline...