By Xavier Amador, Ph.D. with Anna-Lisa Johanson

This new book is a must read for families and caregivers trying to cope with a loved one with mental illness who refuses treatment because they do not believe that they are ill. You will learn that about 50% of all people with schizophrenia and manic-depression do not understand that they are ill and refuse treatment. Whether you are a family member or a therapist, in this book you will find hope in what the new research is revealing about the problem of poor insight into illness. Prepare to be surprised and to have new hope. There is much you can do to conquer denial.

Xavier Amador has a brother with schizophrenia. He is the Director of Psychology at the New York State Psychiatric Institute and a Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons. He is a world renowned expert on the problem of poor insight into illness in individuals with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Anna-Lisa Johanson is the daughter of Margaret Mary Ray, the woman most people know as "David Letterman's stalker." Her mother, diagnosed with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder, took her own life in the Fall of 1998. Ms. Johanson is finishing her law degree at Georgetown University Law School and works part time for the Treatment Advocacy Center in Arlington, Virginia.

Dr. E. Fuller Torrey - "This is the first book to address the elephantine question running roughshod over families of individuals with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder: Why won't the sick person take his/her medicine?"

Fred Frese, Ph.D. - "The great value of I’m Not Sick, I Don’t Need Help, is that it incorporates both the consumer’s perspective and that of the clinician. It finds common ground, pointing out where the consumer and his/her clinician can work together in partnership. It is practical, easy to read, and hopeful."

Connie Lieber - "Reflecting Dr. Amador's own profound empathy and insight, the book is a guide to the shocked, bewildered and too often hopeless close relative. It is no mere compendium of generalizations. It is a practical, step-by-step program for achieving understanding and even expressing love in a situation where that love is difficult to convey."

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