Schizophrenia: Three Moms in the Trenches

Send a Text to the Moms - please include your contact info if you want a response. thanks! First, updates: Dr. Jeff Lieberman book event, Malady of the Mind  ( episode 68 June 13)(and can we talk about teeth?) Mindy: NAMI convention- update, , Joel Corcoran, CEO of Clubhouse International.  Mimi: Angry Moms, and introduce GUEST Sue Maida! Links: https://www.webmd.com/schizophrenia/features/schizop...

Send a Text to the Moms - please include your contact info if you want a response. thanks! We interview the author of Safe, Wanted and Loved - (Patrick Dylan) Winner of seven awards, including a National Indie Excellence Award and Best Indie Book Award. "Anyone out there struggling to navigate mental illness should read this thoughtful book." —Former U.S. Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy, founder...

Send a Text to the Moms - please include your contact info if you want a response. thanks! Social worker by heart, therapist by trade, Kat Thompson earned her MSW in 2022. She’s a mental health professional specializing in helping those in crisis. She also is a founder of Cascadia Cares ,”:building a world where it’s normal to help others.”  1. Tell us what a case manager's scope of work and...

Send a Text to the Moms - please include your contact info if you want a response. thanks! Psychosis is a huge part of many serious mental illnesses, including schizophrenia.  Jennifer Gerlach, LCSW, is a clinician with a mission: to spread a message of hope and recovery to encourage young adults living with serious mental illness.  She says, “Your Story Matters AND You Are More Than Your Story” H...

Send a Text to the Moms - please include your contact info if you want a response. thanks! Leah Brennan. a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and a Certified Alcohol and Other Drug Counselor, joined us with her own questions in Episode 55 so as to improve therapist-family communication.  Her Episode  had such a great response that listeners asked for more - so here it is! Leah got connected to...

Send a Text to the Moms - please include your contact info if you want a response. thanks! Hakeem Al-Zayyidi is an Islamic motivational and inspirational speaker. Hakeem is a graduate of Royal Roads University in Victoria, BC. It took Hakeem ten years to obtain his four-year undergraduate degree in Business and Sustainability. His heroes and those who have motivated him to succeed include Malcolm...

Send a Text to the Moms - please include your contact info if you want a response. thanks! Guest:  Brian Stettin,  senior advisor to NYC Mayor Eric Adams administration on severe mental illness. Brian  drafted the legislation that became Kendra's Law when he was an assistant attorney general in 1999, after a young journalist, Kendra Webdale, was shoved into an oncoming train by a young man fr...

Send a Text to the Moms - please include your contact info if you want a response. thanks! Guest: Kyleigh Leddy, author of “The Perfect Other: A Memoir of my Sister” “I wish my sister gets better” - that became part of our guest's yearly birthday wishes, and more often too. Our daughters have probably made that same wish - or at least they used to. In 2019, Kyleigh won the New York Times Mode...

Send a Text to the Moms - please include your contact info if you want a response. thanks! Guest: Michelle Hammer  Michelle Hammer is a Schizophrenia Activist and spends her time passionately fighting stigma. Michelle was diagnosed with schizophrenia at 22 after a misdiagnosis of bipolar at age 18.  At 27, Michelle decided to use her artistic talents and fearless personality to do something that c...

Send a Text to the Moms - please include your contact info if you want a response. thanks! Seven listeners share their stories of SMI (Serious Mental Illness) in a loved one - and, in one case, in themselves. This episode grew out of a facebook post. We had so many volunteers to share their powerful stories that we may do more episodes like this, if you find it valuable and moving. I know we did....

Send a Text to the Moms - please include your contact info if you want a response. thanks! What if, for families coping with SMI (serious mental illness) in a loved one, the holiday season is "the most difficult time of the year"? The 3 Moms Discuss - Holidays past, in joy, crisis or grief - and how we currently celebrate what is...the best we can. Some tips we share: Lower Holiday expec...

Send a Text to the Moms - please include your contact info if you want a response. thanks! guests:- Teresa Pasquini and Lauren Rettagliata, 2 California Moms on a Mission for a System of Care that Works From NAMI CA website: Housing That Heals project: “As two California moms on a mission, we invite you to join our journey across the state and into our future dreams for Housing that Heals for Fami...

Send a Text to the Moms - please include your contact info if you want a response. thanks! Guest: Leah Brennan, Leah Brennan, LMFT, CADC  Leah Brennan is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and a Certified Alcohol and Other Drug Counselor.   Leah got connected to 3 Moms In the Trenches through her clients. Over the past five years, she has had four different parents on her caseload who were a...

Send a Text to the Moms - please include your contact info if you want a response. thanks! In 2022, the memoir Tell Me I’m Here, went from page to stage at the Belvoir Theatre in Sydney, Australia - to universal acclaim - like “a bold work, tackling difficult subject matter with empathy and insight”- and we have the playwright here with us today, with her own story to tell.  We are also thrilled t...

Send a Text to the Moms - please include your contact info if you want a response. thanks! A Plan of Action for COD (co-occurring disorders*): The Harris Project *mental health challenges plus  and substance misuse or addiction What comes first: substance use or mental health challenges? It can happen either way. Adolescence is a time of change and challenge. It is also during this time that most...

Send a Text to the Moms - please include your contact info if you want a response. thanks! As a psychiatrist and system administrator who grew up with a mother with schizophrenia, Dr. Gary Tsai offers an insider’s perspective on the process of seeking care for serious mental illnesses, informed by both firsthand personal and expert professional experiences. Dr. Tsai is also an award-winning docume...

Send a Text to the Moms - please include your contact info if you want a response. thanks! Living with schizophrenia or other SMI (Serious Mental Illness) in yourself or in your family is like a game of “chutes and ladders” - you’re never really out of the woods, but there are wins (progress, good moments and memories) and hopes along the way.  Mimi, Mindy and Randye catch up on the latest family...

Send a Text to the Moms - please include your contact info if you want a response. thanks! SZ 3 moms Ep 50: Help! I Don’t Understand SSI/SSDI Guest: Dani Page  §  SOAR (SSI/SSDI, Outreach, Access and Recovery) certified Retired attorney. Instructor on implicit bias in the space of disability. §  Juris Doctorate §  Certified Family to Family facilitator for National Alliance on Mental Illness §  SO...

Send a Text to the Moms - please include your contact info if you want a response. thanks! Pete Earley is a storyteller whose books include four New York Times bestsellers, like The Hot House and the 2007 Pulitzer Prize finalist Crazy: A Father’s Search Through America’s Mental Health Madness .His years as an investigative journalist include six years at The Washington Post . Pete is a tireless ad...

Send a Text to the Moms - please include your contact info if you want a response. thanks!  Episode 48: “Our Son Died with His Civil Liberties Intact” - and What We Did Next  One Story of Bedlam - and Activism - in America’s Mental Health Crisis Guests: Norm Ornstein and Judy Harris You are about to meet a couple - Norm Ornstein and Judy Harris - who tragically lost their son Matthew in 2015. Matt...

Send a Text to the Moms - please include your contact info if you want a response. thanks! Just the Moms, addressing Q’s and giving updates We talk about: Our recent advocacy (legislation and keynote speeches) SEARCH: what families need (Support, Education, Acceptance, Respect, Communication Skills, Hope) Updates  …and address e-mails and facebook comments like Will I ever feel "normal"...

Send a Text to the Moms - please include your contact info if you want a response. thanks! Guest:Freddie de Boer On May 17th, the NY Times Magazine published an article by Daniel Bergner, based on his book The Mind and the Moon .  The article reports on psychosis , from the point of view of Caroline, who is beset by the hallucinations of psychosis.  Daniel Bergner explores how to seek a deeper eng...

Send a Text to the Moms - please include your contact info if you want a response. thanks! According to NAMI, there is an undeniable and growing mental health crisis that demands both attention and action.  Covid-19 has only made things worse. Nearly 2 in 5 adults struggled with mental health issues in 2020, compared to about 1 in 5 adults before the pandemic. Among adults with mental illness , on...

Send a Text to the Moms - please include your contact info if you want a response. thanks! When Mental Illness happens, it happens to the whole family.  Do families turn to their houses of faith for help ? And if they do, what happens? We explore this in Episode 44-    with 3 moms, one Rabbi and one Pastor. It doesn’t cover all faiths, of course, but it’s a start. Guests: Rabbi Evan Schultz, Congr...

Send a Text to the Moms - please include your contact info if you want a response. thanks! We all agree (and letters and comments confirm) - the family feels lost. Doesn’t know what to do, where to turn, to get help with: Finding options and services Sorting through them Place to vent and share/run through ideas Our guest today provides that kind of help, and she is here today to share some tips w...