NSSC member and mental health advocate Cohen Miles-Rath shares his story with AwareNow Magazine in the article found in the Justice Edition here. Miles-Rath bravely tells his story of psychosis and how it affected his life and family before getting treatment. Today he is a published author and social worker who is actively working to help others with serious mental illness.

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.