Caring and Coping answers the questions most commonly asked when someone is diagnosed as seriously mentally ill. Designed to provide a wide range of information in an easily accessible format it, offers strategies to deal with some of the more practical day to day challenges which are thrown up with a diagnosis of mental illness, such as:understanding the diagnosis and treatment your relative is being given,your relative\'s rights in care and treatmentyour rights in their carehow to cope in a crisisFully updated to include information about changes to mental health law, community support and benefits, and with a new section on the criminal justice system, it is essential reading for carers.