This volume examines everyday ethical issues that clinicians encounter as they go about their work caring for people who have severe and persistent mental disorders. It prompts and provokes readers to recognize, to analyze, to reflect upon, and to respond to the range of commonplace ethical concerns that arise in community mental health care practice.

Offering practical advice for the families of victims of schizophrenia, an educator and mother of a schizophrenic son provides poignant stories of real-life family situations and guidance on dealing with the medical and social services available.

Each firsthand account in this collection of stories about people with schizophrenia features the commentary of an expert, who offers advice on the issues described, including financial assistance, homelessness, and other issues.