The Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism
2000-2001

Nell Casey
Freelance Writer, Producer
New York, New York

TOPIC: Role of social support in depression and the experience of family caregiving

My Sister, Lost and Found
My Great-Great-Grandfather died in Butlers, a hospital for the "alcoholically insane." My great-uncle was institutionalized for importing a château, stone by stone, from France to Long Island without any money to pay for it. A few years ago, my cousin explained to me during a manic episode that he'd chosen to create a safer, more religious universe without technology (except for rotary phones).