NSSC Member and mom to son with a serious brain brain disorder, Laura Craciun, shares her story of how she continues to fight for justice for him. Follow the link to read the full story here.

To read the article written by NSSC member Darrell Herrmann, follow this link.

To read the article written by NSSC member Darrell Herrmann, follow this link.

Schizophrenia: Three Moms in the Trenches podcast with Randye Kaye, Miriam Feldman, and Mindy Greiling interview NSSC member Eric Dias.

From the YouTube description:

Eric J Dias is no stranger to the struggles people with addiction and severe mental illness experience. He has lived with schizoaffective disorder since he was a teenager. Eric has been a tireless advocate for people with SMI and their families. He writes about the many issues and emotions associated with SMI (Severe Mental Illness) in his novel, I Got Sober For This. In the story, he weaves the stories with issues that affect us all, especially when it comes to SMI - in our homes, the courts, the streets, AA meetings, detention centers, and the criminal justice system. He currently hosts a show for the National Shattering Silence Coalition’s YouTube Channel interviewing people with lived experience with mental illness, care givers, advocates and clinicians. We ask Eric about his story, his research, stigma, the need for community, and the power of hope in recovery.

To watch the full interview, visit Randye Kaye's site here.

with members Eric Dias and AwareNow's Allié McGuire

In the latest edition of AwareNow Magazine, media specialist and mental health advocate Eric Dias is interviewed and discusses his work in mental health advocacy and the NSSC. Read the full article here.

by member Ingrid Silvian

Member Ingrid Silvian, tells her heartfelt story in AwareNow Magazine for the Beyond Stigma Campaign. To Keep My Daughter Safe is a mother’s journey through bipolar disorder and anosognosia and the need to accept it, no questions asked.

by member Yiacha Provencher

Member Yaicha Provencher bravely shares her story in collaboration with AwareNow Media. Losing Everything: A Family Man Loses His Mind & Everything Else highlights the failures of Maine’s leadership and the mental health system to educate families, clinicians, and law enforcement on the use of a Progressive Treatment Program (Maine’s version of AOT) for treatment of those too sick to seek treatment on their own. Sadly, their entire family was failed, leaving “scars, heartache, and trauma.”

by member and Arizona Mad Mom Christen White

Member and Arizona Mad Mom, Christen White, shares her son Matthew’s heartbreaking story, The Chance He Never Had. Matthew went from having a seamlessly normal life to one of chaos and loss when he was diagnosed with schizophrenia. This story once again emphasizes the failures of our current system throughout the country in treating those living with a serious mental illness, a treatable neurological brain disease.

To read the article about NSSC Member Darrell Herrmann, follow this link.