Recovery Road

Psychosis

Bethany Yeiser on September 8, 2023

Personal Perspective: In 2006, I was picked up by police and jailed for trespassing on my former university campus. When I went to court, my parents were blamed.

Empathy

Schizophrenia and Support Groups

Bethany Yeiser on August 10, 2023

A Personal Perspective: Throughout my life, I had always shied away from joining support groups. However, I now consider some of them to be indispensable.

Friends

Disclosing My Schizophrenia With a Pen

Bethany Yeiser on July 13, 2023

A Personal Perspective: Writing under my own name changed my life.

Psychosis

Schizophrenia Led Me to Make Unsafe and Ludicrous Choices

Bethany Yeiser on June 14, 2023

A Personal Perspective: My mental health led me to make unsafe and ludicrous choices I would never have made otherwise.

Fear

Schizophrenia and Hiding Away

Bethany Yeiser on May 16, 2023

A Personal Perspective: Schizophrenia symptoms can drive a person away from all social support. A manifestation of both paranoia and delusions is hiding away.

Psychopharmacology

What Does Schizophrenia Feel Like?

Bethany Yeiser on April 20, 2023

A Personal Perspective: Schizophrenia includes positive, negative, and cognitive symptoms. The positive ones are the most treatable.

Fear

Experiencing Paranoia With Schizophrenia

Bethany Yeiser on March 23, 2023

A Personal Perspective: After schizophrenia insidiously and progressively took over my life, I became paranoid of friends and family, as though they were my enemies.

Career

20 Years Ago, I Dropped Out of College and Became Homeless

Bethany Yeiser on February 23, 2023

A Personal Perspective: Every year, I remember March 3, 2003, as I celebrate my full recovery from schizophrenia.

Career

Schizophrenia and My Trip to Africa

Bethany Yeiser on January 25, 2023

Personal Perspective: While planning a trip to Africa, my expectations spiraled into delusions and full-blown schizophrenia.

Forgiveness

Schizophrenia Over the Holidays

Bethany Yeiser on December 27, 2022

A Personal Perspective: Over Christmas of 2002, I traveled to Thailand, where I stayed with an American family, entirely unaware that my behavior had changed due to schizophrenia.

Gratitude

Celebrating Schizophrenia Recovery on Thanksgiving

Bethany Yeiser on November 29, 2022

On Thanksgiving, I am deeply grateful for my job, friends, and family, but most of all, I grateful for my new life in recovery from schizophrenia.

Career

Schizophrenia Is an Invisible Illness

Bethany Yeiser on November 2, 2022

A Personal Perspective: Stigma says people with schizophrenia appear dirty, homeless, and incoherent. The reality is that many recover and contribute to society.

Psychopharmacology

Act 382: A New Mental Health Law

Bethany Yeiser on October 6, 2022

Personal Perspective: Louisiana’s recently passed Act 382 makes it easier to detain a person with severe mental illnesses so they can receive lifesaving treatment.

Suicide

Is 988 Different From 911?

Bethany Yeiser on September 8, 2022

A Personal Perspective: The 988 hotline was established in July 2022, providing an alternative to 911 for mental health emergencies.

Mania

Schizophrenia and the College Years

Bethany Yeiser on August 12, 2022

Personal perspective: The warning signs of my schizophrenia onset happened in college. This is what I wish had happened at that time.

Psychosis

Schizophrenia: What You May Not Know

Bethany Yeiser on July 14, 2022

Schizophrenia is a devasting and poorly understood but treatable brain disorder. New medications being developed today show promise of future breakthroughs in treatment.

Bipolar Disorder

The Three Stigmas of Schizophrenia

Bethany Yeiser on June 17, 2022

Personal Perspective: Although the stigma against bipolar disorder, anxiety, and depression is improving, the stigma against schizophrenia continues to be a problem in the general public, in the medical community, and even among psychiatrists.