In Sidetracked by Schizophrenia, Charlotte documentsher son's encounters with the many medications and difficultlife situations that come as part of living with thisdisease. It covers the trials and errors, the failures, thepartial successes, the side effects, the exciting movementtoward more and more effective treatments, and thehope for living a normal life medication free. The bookspeaks to family members who are, or have been thereand to professionals who are called on to make judgmentsabout what regimen may be most effective fortheir patients. It encourages the reader to keep an openmind about the body's capacity to heal itself when giventhe right balance.