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 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 LinkedIn published by NSSC member Darrell Herrmann, follow this link.

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.

To read the article, follow this link to AwareNow's online Isuu magazine.

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...

​For more of the story, follow this link.