Something is not quite right. It was Thursday, September 29, 1983, and I woke up completely exhausted. The sun was shining but it felt cloudy to me. I had not had much sleep that last week. My family was experiencing a lot of turmoil and confusion. I felt sick to my stomach, not like the flu, but like you know in your heart that something is terribly wrong... What was terribly wrong would be just the beginning of a family tragedy- one defined be a severe mental illness gone untreated; desperate pleas for help from parents unable to assist their son; and a devastating consequence that would leave everyone involved grief-stricken, stunned and forever-changed. Silent Voices is the spellbinding, suspenseful and heartfelt saga about an American family faced with the tragic consequences of a schizophrenic son left virtually ignored, untreated and neglected be a health-care system ill equipped to cope with the needs of the severely mentally ill. Despite the family"s desperate requests for help from often uncaring or incompetent doctors, Ricky Nau"s mental descent into darkness, delusional rage and evil hallucinations sent him on a rampage that would leave in its wake a family destroyed. Silent Voices is a story that must be told, It is a story that finally gives voice to those impacted by mental illness and for those voices that were silenced this terrible day in September.