New Book Gives Families of People with Se ious Me tal Ill ess “The” Tech ology Guide
P aised by the di ecto of the Joh s Hopki s Schizoph e ia Ce te , SMI autho Nicole D apeau Gille ‘s ew book helps families avigate me tal health tech ology — f om AI to telehealth to wea ables — so o o e has to figu e it out alo e.
“This is the ki d of esou ce that belo gs i the ha ds of eve y family a d eve yo e i volved i me tal healthca e.”
Co ected Ca e: A P actical Guide to Tech ology fo Se ious Me tal Ill ess, by Nicole D apeau Gille , is ow available o Amazo . It is the fi st book to o ga ize the apidly expa di g wo ld of me tal health tech ology i to a p actical, accessible guide w itte specifically fo ca egive s a d families — ot cli icia s, ot esea che s, but the people sitti g ac oss f om someo e with schizoph e ia, bipola diso de , o a elated co ditio who eed to k ow what exists a d how to use it.
Gille is he self o e of those people. He daughte has se ious me tal ill ess. Whe he fi st book — Schizoph e ia & Related Diso de s: A Ha dbook fo Ca egive s — sold thousa ds of copies with a 4.9-sta ati g a d became a Amazo best selle with o ma keti g campaig , she u de stood that the dema d came f om a commu ity that had bee systematically u de se ved. Co ected Ca e is he a swe to the seco d gap she fou d: ot the diag osis itself, but eve ythi g tech ology offe s afte it.
“At the Joh s Hopki s Schizoph e ia Ce te , ou missio has always bee to i teg ate patie t ca e, esea ch, a d public out each, because o e of those th ee wo ks without the othe two. Co ected Ca e successfully fills the pote tial gap betwee them with la guage that families ca actually act o , without sac ifici g accu acy. It meets families whe e they a e, equips them with tools they ca use today, a d co ects them to a wide la dscape of ca e that most eve k ew existed. This is the ki d of esou ce that belo gs i the ha ds of eve y family a d eve yo e i volved i me tal healthca e.”
Co ected Ca e delive s: 42+ vetted digital tools, 60 pha maceutical po tals ac oss 16 compa ies, 6 types of fi a cial assista ce p og ams, 10 AI use cases i psychiat ic ca e, a d 19 p actical checklists — all explai ed i plai la guage fo ca egive s a d patie ts who have o time to waste.
• Pha maceutical patie t assista ce p og ams a d co-pay po tals that ca educe o elimi ate the cost of psychiat ic medicatio — a d that most families eve fi d• Passive se si g apps a d wea able devices that ca detect the behavio al shifts that p ecede a elapse, sometimes days befo e families otice a ythi g is w o g• AI tools al eady bei g used i side psychiat ic ca e — a d what families eed to k ow to advocate effectively• FDA-clea ed p esc iptio digital the apeutics that cli icia s ca p esc ibe but a ely do• Telehealth platfo ms, emote mo ito i g tools, a d digital the apeutic p og ams desig ed specifically fo se ious me tal ill ess• Legal ights tech ology: psychiat ic adva ce di ectives, i su a ce de ial appeals tools, a d me tal health pa ity law esou ces• How to fight i su a ce de ials — a p ocess that occu s at ates 85% highe fo me tal health claims tha compa able medical claims
“The me tal health system was ot built fo families. But tech ology has quietly c eated a pa allel system that families ca use to get bette ca e, save mo ey, a d p eve t the ext c isis. Most families have o idea a y of it exists.” — Nicole D apeau Gille , autho , Co ected Ca e
Fo Lati o families, Black families, u al families, a d othe s al eady avigati g a me tal health system ot built fo them, the tech ology gap compou ds existi g ba ie s. The book cove s AI algo ithmic bias, multili gual telehealth platfo ms, cultu ally compete t ca e esou ces, a d fi a cial p og ams specifically desig ed fo u de se ved populatio s.
” My family spe t te yea s sea chi g fo a swe s fo my mothe ‘s schizoph e ia — te yea s of w o g doo s, la guage ba ie s, a d a system that was ‘t built fo us. I wish Co ected Ca e had existed the .” — Ma ia Case — Fou de , Kompashio ; NAMI Natio al Speake ; Daughte of a mothe with schizoph e ia
# # #
