Linda Tashbook's Family Guide to Mental Illness and the Law is an indispensable handbook for not only family members of people with mental illness, but anyone in any proximity to mental illness and disability - including the sufferers themselves. The book is directed at family members, but it contains such a vast amount of accessible information that I can't think of anyone who would not benefit from having it around.
Linda Tashbook, Esq., is a law librarian at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and part-time lawyer. A Fulbright Senior Specialist and winner of the Pennsylvania Bar Association's Pro Bono Award, she is well known for her Homeless Law Blog, www.homelesslaw.info.