Backroads and Highways: My Journey to Discovery on Mental Health

by T Broderick, John

When John Broderick's son was just 13, he began suffering from anxiety and depression, conditions that sadly went unrecognized and undiagnosed for years. Because of John's mistakes in failing to see these struggles for what they were-mental illness-and deal with it appropriately, his family went on a very public and painful journey in their home state of New Hampshire. Luckily, they all survived and healed. John, now Senior Director of External Affairs at Dartmouth Health, is on a mission to share his family's hard-won knowlege about mental health. He has embarked on a campaign to change the culture, stigma, and shame around mental illness that for generations has kept too many people feeling alone, afraid to step out of the shadows, and to change the conversation.

155 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 5, 2022

Reviews

[Debbie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well worth reading this book about the author's mission to share his family's journey and knowledge about mental health. He mentions the absence of "being present to others" due to our presence in the virtual world, even when at the dinner table with our family. I have witnessed that many times when eating out and have been similarly dismayed. Connection, via talk and touch, is so important to children as they grow and develop.