1. Mother's role in our "self" development
The research : bonds and brains
Something's wrong with Mom
When Mom is mean, or just doesn't care
Why doesn't anybody help?
Making the best of things
Daughters go out into the world
Psychiatric treatment and hospitals
What to think? What to feel?
Staying connected with home
Mothers' lives, continued
Hospitals and psychiatric treatment
Reflections about fathers
Some final reflections on mothers' lives
The best and worst of being a "daughter of madness"
8. What do we need to learn?
Appendix : short biographies of women interviewed
About the series editor and advisers.
