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Thanks to North Shore Schizophrenia, for their review! The story of Randye Kaye’s son’s descent into psychosis and the long road to recovery reads like a diary, complete with dialogue, commentary, and an account of her own emotions as each incident and turn of events unfolds. You would think the attention to detail [...] At the end of the movie Silver Linings Playbook, when main character Pat Peoples is about to embark on the next, happier, more stable part of his life, I think he says something to his ex-wife about doing much better because he is focused, determined, physically fit – and (shhh!)taking his meds. I think he says [...] Here is the latest radio conversation about mental health, family support, the tragic (and possibly preventable) Newtown shootings, and more. So many issues. Listen to internet radio with conxroad on Blog Talk Radio share: Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin Subscribe to the comments on this post Bookmark in Browser Tell [...] Letters, we get letters….and each time it reinforces the fact that mental illness affects the whole family – and that many – too many – families are left to guess at proper treatment and cope alone, especially if their family member is a “legal adult.” at a recent NAMI conference, I spoke about the truth [...] Yesterday I had the pleasure of swapping stories, issues and tips with Susan Schofield, Host of Bipolar Nation on LA Talk Radio, and her husband Michael, author of January First: A Child’s Descent into Madness, and Her Father’s Struggle to Save Her. (reviewed in my last post) Sure,we were talking author-to-author, host-to-guest, but mostly we [...] January First: A Child’s Descent into Madness and Her Father’s Struggle to Save Her by Michael Schofield My rating: 5 of 5 stars It’s such a mirror reflection of the emotions I went through as the mother of a son with schizophrenia – only my child was in his mid-teens when symptoms began. Jani was [...] Quick Updates: (1,2,3…) 1. Ben Behind His Voices Comes to New York City! Reserve and Come to Free Event!
Venture House, Inc. sponsoring this awareness raiser – hope to see you there! On September 20th, 6 PM (reception) 6:30 PM (Book Reading and Discussion) - Zucker Hillside Hospital – 266th St. and [...] One of the letters in “SEARCH” – the acronym I created and present re what families need when mental illness strikes (or, really, we all need for most challenges) stands for: R = Resilience Families Have Recovery Process Too I wrote about resilience in an article about happiness called Bouncing Back Bolder -because the [...] May is days away – bringing both Mothers’ Day and Mental Health Awareness Month. This has me thinking about wonderful readers who have taken the time to share their thoughts with me – and not only those who are affected by mental illness in their families (one in four families, btw- we are “the 25%”), [...] Thanks for the Award! Check out Jennifer's Blog Thanks to Jenifer Robinson, author of the blog Suicidal No More: Choosing to Live with Schizoaffective Disorder , for giving the I Choose to Live award to this Ben Behind His Voices blog!
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