Series: YU Student Medical Ethics Society

Halacha:

Science & Medicine 

Machshava:

Avraham,  Ethics,  Family & Ishut 

Description

This breakout session took place at The Student Medical Ethics Society of Yeshiva University's Fifth Annual Fuld Family Medical Ethics Conference, "A Beautiful Mind: Jewish Approaches to Mental Health," which was held on October 31st, 2010. This session was led by Mr. David Mandel, the Chief Executive Officer of OHEL Children's Home and Family Services, and discusses the issues that arise when living with a famil member suffering from mental illness. People with mental illness live with hope, live in isolation, live in fear and live in despondency. What is the impact on family/relatives and at what point can a faily member say - enough?