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.

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

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by member Jason Jepson

'I Was Hazed in the Army for My Bizarre Behavior. Then I Got a Diagnosis'

To read the article, follow this link to Newsweek's online article.

by member Crystal Fox.

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by member Laura Craciun
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My son Nick was an adorable, sweet child. He was always mistaken for Justin Bieber and loved skateboarding. He excelled at any sport he tried, so he never stayed with one for very long, except basketball. As a teenager, he loved his clothes and sneakers collection.
Nick's father and I divorced when he was three years old. He and his brother lived with me on Cape Cod until middle school, when they moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts, with their dad...

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