Excerpts from A Life Worth Living – Schizophrenia Alternative Treatment: Part 2 – Looking for Answers Chapter 8 Suicide: The Final Episode The largest single contributor to the excessive death rate in individuals with schizophrenia is suicide. One review of studies done on this subject concluded that “suicide is the number one cause of premature death […]
Guest Post author: Tyler Pearson (Tippio Saxman) My Story By Tippio Saxman I grew up in a middle class family in Asheville North Carolina. I fell in love with music, and joined band class in middle school. I was an honor roll student in high school. I played at Carnegie Hall under the direction of […]
A recent experience with a friend on antipsychotic drugs (prescribed for the damaging effects on the neuron structures of the brain from an advanced stage of an illness) made me aware of the isolation felt by those unable to communicate. She is a member of the community I live in, and most of us knew her […]
No one can understand how isolating and disparaging it is to be with a loved one whose mind and being has been taken, but another mother who has experienced the same thing. For support, the NAMI support groups have been wonderful for parents of children with mental illness, but haven’t offered any real hope. In […]
