Safe Wanted and Loved: A Family Memoir of Mental Illness Heartbreak and Hope

Anyone out there struggling to navigate mental illness should read this thoughtful book. -Former U.S. Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy founder of the Kennedy Forum Pat we need to kill the dog. A chill ran down Patrick Dylans spine as his wife spoke-psychosis had found their family again.When a sudden mental illness struck his wife Patrick Dylan found himself living with an eerie stranger. Scared and unprepared he began a desperate battle to protect her from a mysterious disease shelter their children from her bizarre behavior and recover the woman he loved.For years Patrick and Mia Dylan enjoyed an intimate marriage that exemplified partnership. They worked together to create a loving home for their two children enjoyed a close relationship with their extended family and offered mutual support during hard times. But on the morning of Mias thirty-ninth birthday everything changed.Within weeks she had been admitted to the emergency room the hospital and the local crisis facility but none of the experts could provide an answer. As her illness eluded diagnosis the familys struggle was only beginning. A brave memoir in the tradition ofBrain on Fire Dylans Safe Wanted and Loved is a compassionate honest and gripping account of a family navigating mental illness.