The Ghosts Behind Him

It began in childhood, when Bruce was a little distant, and progressed into adolescence when Bruce was withdrawn and aggressive but it wasn't until he attempted suicide that the rot of Bruce's behavious was discovered - schizophrenia. After years of successful and unsuccesssful treatments, setbacks and progressions, instututionalization and independence, Bruce's life is altered forever as the voices inside his head drive him to commit the most unthinkable act known to mankind. Doris Ray, Bruce's mother, tells the real-life story of living with her son as he struggles with the horrors of schizophrenia.

As Doris describes the devastating effects on her family, finances and community, The Ghosts Behind Him also provides insight to important social issues such as mental health care and the legal system.

It began in childhood, when Bruce was a little distant, and progressed into adolescence when Bruce was withdrawn and aggressive but it wasn' t until he attempted suicide that the rot of Bruce' s behavious was discovered - schizophrenia. After years of successful and unsuccesssful treatments, setbacks and progressions, instututionalization and independence, Bruce' s life is altered forever as the voices inside his head drive him to commit the most unthinkable act known to mankind. Doris Ray, Bruce' s mother, tells the real-life story of living with her son as he struggles with the horrors of schizophrenia.

As Doris describes the devastating effects on her family, finances and community, "The Ghosts Behind Him" also provides insight to important social issues such as mental health care and the legal system.

Aiding a son through the horrors of schizophrenia.

Doris Ray, a mother of four and a grandmother of five, lives in Fraser Lake in west-central British Columbia where she writes a column for the local newspaper. She is an active member in the Historical Society, the Writing Group and Library Board. She has published articles on mental health, travel and local history. Her first book is The Ghosts Behind Him. She has also published two chapbooks of poetry.