hear from professional mental health experts and peers with invaluable lived experience. next talk coming soon.
PRO Talks: Hear directly from leaders who are actively fighting for mental healthcare system reform. These talks educate us on effective strategies and clear paths toward better treatment for those with serious mental/brain illnesses.
PEER Talks: Connect with individuals who have lived experience. These speakers share their stories of recovery from episodes and symptoms, offering inspiration and enlightening us on how to best support and treat those currently struggling.
Q&A Sessions are typically included at the end of each presentation for a deeper dive and discussion. Registration for the live Zoom calls is required; links are provided when talk details are announced.
PEER Talks: Connect with individuals who have lived experience. These speakers share their stories of recovery from episodes and symptoms, offering inspiration and enlightening us on how to best support and treat those currently struggling.
Q&A Sessions are typically included at the end of each presentation for a deeper dive and discussion. Registration for the live Zoom calls is required; links are provided when talk details are announced.
See Our YouTUbe Channel for Recordings of past talks
View NSSC Pro & Peer Talk YouTube PlayList HERE.
Our next NSSC Talk will be a Peer Talk presented by Bethany Yeiser, president of the CURESZ Foundation. We are excited to host her and have her share her lived experience testimony. The Peer Talk will be held virtually on Thursday, December 4th, 2025, 4:00PM Pacific/7:00 PM Eastern.
To register for the event -- which will NOT be recorded -- go to the following registration link:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/bzULGDvrRHeG8iDPttNv2A
About Bethany*:
Bethany Yeiser is president of the CURESZ Foundation, which she established in 2016 with Dr. Henry Nasrallah.
Before her gradual descent into schizophrenia, Bethany was a promising university honors student. By her third year at the university, she had published three articles in biochemistry, and was working as a violinist. In 2002, following her junior year of college, she spent three months as a volunteer in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya and Lagos, Nigeria, living in poverty. After her return from Africa, she had her first psychotic break. Because of undiagnosed and untreated mental illness, she was no longer able to focus on her studies. The insidious emergence of schizophrenia led her on a path away from the university and into a life of delusion and isolation. In 2003, Bethany left college, only to become homeless for four years. Eventually, a series of events led her to reclaim her life. In 2008, she made a full recovery. Bethany finished her bachelor’s degree in molecular biology with honor from the University of Cincinnati in 2011.
Today, Bethany is a sought–after motivational speaker with a passion to educate and inspire change in the way schizophrenia is perceived and treated, and in the stigma so negatively attached to this diagnosis. She has shared her story at numerous conferences and events for physicians and health care providers around the country. Her memoir Mind Estranged: My Journey from Schizophrenia and Homelessness to Recovery is her first book, published in the summer of 2014. In March of 2020, Bethany was awarded the Dr. Frederick Frese Award from the Schizophrenia and Related Disorders Alliance of America for her advocacy.
Bethany’s second book, Awakenings: Stories of Recovery and Emergence from Schizophrenia, came out on February 9, 2024.
Bethany maintains a blog called “Recovery Road” on PsychologyToday.com. Her other interests include performing classical and popular music on violin, and studying ancient Hebrew and Mandarin Chinese.
*Shared with permission from www.bethanyyeiser.com/about/
To register for the event -- which will NOT be recorded -- go to the following registration link:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/bzULGDvrRHeG8iDPttNv2A
About Bethany*:
Bethany Yeiser is president of the CURESZ Foundation, which she established in 2016 with Dr. Henry Nasrallah.
Before her gradual descent into schizophrenia, Bethany was a promising university honors student. By her third year at the university, she had published three articles in biochemistry, and was working as a violinist. In 2002, following her junior year of college, she spent three months as a volunteer in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya and Lagos, Nigeria, living in poverty. After her return from Africa, she had her first psychotic break. Because of undiagnosed and untreated mental illness, she was no longer able to focus on her studies. The insidious emergence of schizophrenia led her on a path away from the university and into a life of delusion and isolation. In 2003, Bethany left college, only to become homeless for four years. Eventually, a series of events led her to reclaim her life. In 2008, she made a full recovery. Bethany finished her bachelor’s degree in molecular biology with honor from the University of Cincinnati in 2011.
Today, Bethany is a sought–after motivational speaker with a passion to educate and inspire change in the way schizophrenia is perceived and treated, and in the stigma so negatively attached to this diagnosis. She has shared her story at numerous conferences and events for physicians and health care providers around the country. Her memoir Mind Estranged: My Journey from Schizophrenia and Homelessness to Recovery is her first book, published in the summer of 2014. In March of 2020, Bethany was awarded the Dr. Frederick Frese Award from the Schizophrenia and Related Disorders Alliance of America for her advocacy.
Bethany’s second book, Awakenings: Stories of Recovery and Emergence from Schizophrenia, came out on February 9, 2024.
Bethany maintains a blog called “Recovery Road” on PsychologyToday.com. Her other interests include performing classical and popular music on violin, and studying ancient Hebrew and Mandarin Chinese.
*Shared with permission from www.bethanyyeiser.com/about/
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