{"product_id":"through-the-fire-fredrick-e-vars-9781493098415","title":"Through the Fire: How People with Mental Illness Are Empowering Each Other","description":"Mental health touches every aspect of life in the United States: from police encounters to prisons, and from hospitals to housing, those suffering from mental illness are overrepresented and underserved. In \u003ci\u003eThrough the Fire\u003c\/i\u003e, leading expert in the field of mental health law\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eFredrick Vars reveals that some of the most promising reforms are coming from within the community of individuals living with mental illness. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this personal and compassionate survey of mental health in America, readers meet the real-life advocates working on the frontlines of reform. Through their stories, and bolstered by his own experience inside the system after suffering a psychotic break, Vars reveals that hopeful solutions are already in action. Illustrating key reforms such as respite housing programs, unique peer-to-peer services, and Assertive Community Treatment (ACT), a highly effective but underused model for supporting people with serious mental health problems outside of institutions, \u003ci\u003eThrough the Fire\u003c\/i\u003e shows that lasting change requires a paradigm shift: Mental illness is a disease, not a character flaw. Empowering people with mental illness to become effective advocates and mentors for themselves and others may be the spark to fuel much-needed change.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Fredrick E. Vars\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1493098411\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781493098415\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Prometheus Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/19\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 262\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Fredrick E. Vars","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48520171389183,"sku":"9781493098415","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_07400905-4dc4-4c93-a1e5-6c35ca4021e2.jpg?v=1778741183","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/through-the-fire-fredrick-e-vars-9781493098415","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}