This is the secong novel by Regine Dubono. It relates a true story and aims at the parents of autistic children, those labeled with mental illness, as well as those who after a mental hospital stay are homeless and enter a group home.
This true story demonstrates the risk of permanent disability in group homes, which are just another form of institution. minus the MD's & Nurses care.
35-50%%%% of schizophrenics do not respond to current prescribed multipharmacy, and instead of being referred to alternative treatment are overmedicated unnecessarily. As for those who are autistic, drugs fail them 80%% of the time. All develop severe side effects, and may risk death.
Group homes operate in a shroud of medical secrecy: parents or loved ones are not advised about the treatment. This novel should motivate Relatives to demand transparency, & research the drugs their relative is receiving. They must ask what is the basis for the diagnosis, prognosis, and the goals, benefits and risks of treatment.