A Hebrew book: התמודדות (Hitmodedut) by Yechiel Sharshevsky, the moving journey of a psychologist who led a revolution in the rehabilitation of people with mental illness in Israel.
As chief psychologist of Kfar Shaul hospital in Jerusalem, Sharshevsky met hospitalized patients and sensed the gap between their situation and their potential. The book follows his long road from those encounters in isolated psychiatric hospitals, through complex dealings with ministries and officials, to building a community rehabilitation system anchored in a unique law. Along the way readers meet the patients themselves and their stories.
Sharshevsky founded and directed Israel's mental health rehabilitation system, which today serves some 30,000 people and their families. For readers interested in mental health, social change and Israeli society. Hardcover, Gefen, 2021.