PARENTS OF THE MENTALLY-ILL

<p>Regina Prophet's <em>PARENTS OF THE MENTALLY-ILL </em>is a sobering work dealing with mental illness. In this work Regina masterfully portrays mental illness from both children's and parents' perspectives. She deals with the hidden emotions that come along with mental illness when parents discover their children have such an illness such as anger blame shame shock confusion acceptance and more. <em>PARENTS OF THE MENTALLY-ILL </em>also looks at the spiritual component(s) of mental illness dealing with both challenges and opportunities. Although a serious condition Regina brings hope to parents who deal with mental illness among their children.</p>