Introduction
On Tuesday 5th May I met Millicent Monks at the Heights Bar at St George's hotel in London to chat with her about her book 'Songs of Three Islands' her memoir on how mental illness effected her family. I found a very warm person with a wicked sense of humour; during our conversation I discovered how much we had in common in our fight to get the right diagnosis and treatment for our respective adult children - my daughter Naomi with her autism and Millicent's daughter Cassandra and her eventual diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder.
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