I do not blame William and Mary for my brother’s suicide in April 2010. This decision was his and his alone and I will never know whether the way William and Mary treated him in the weeks leading up to his tragic decision would have made a difference in the outcome. However, what I do know is that if William and Mary would have had a compassionate policy towards mental illness, they would have saved my family a great deal of anguish in this already immensely difficult time. It is for this reason–to possibly save another family from the anguish we suffered–that I am writing this open and very personal letter.