This article expresses its author’s views and does not necessarily represent FASMI’s official position.
Susanna lives in Ontario and is a mother of two adult children with serious mental illnesses. She has become involved in mental illness advocacy over the past decade. She is especially interested in how privacy laws inhibit family members from being involved in their loved ones’ treatment, thus acting as a barricade to those with mental illnesses becoming as well as possible. She has made it her mission to try to correct this.