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Bethany Yeiser

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Bethany Yeiser is the author of Mind Estranged: My Journey from Schizophrenia and Homelessness to Recovery.

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Schizophrenia and Justice
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.
Schizophrenia and Support Groups
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.
Schizophrenia and Hiding Away

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

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

What Does Schizophrenia Feel Like?

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

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

Experiencing Paranoia With Schizophrenia

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.

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.

Schizophrenia and My Trip to Africa

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

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

Schizophrenia Over the Holidays

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.

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.