This week's question is a tell-all about psychiatrists and other professionals. How do you feel your treatment has been? What kinds of modalities have you used? Do you have any horror stories or have you had good experiences? If you could raise your hand at an Ask the Doctor session what kinds of questions would you... Read more
My first IMHO, or In My Humble Opinion, SharePost was titled IMHO: Who Decides What Normal Is? I'll link to it at the bottom of this blog entry. Here now, I offer my opinions about recovery.
I've been researching recovery rates for SZ: the reality is most people recover. Courtenay Harding's Vermont study tracked people who had... Read more
Hello everyone,
The debate in the news is the latest attempt at fixing the United State's dysfunctional health system via bills being introduced in Congress. Do you think it's time for a single payer option like a federally-funded universal health program? How has the treatment you receive currently for SZ and other medical... Read more
Continuing with the Question of the Week, I'd like to focus on the idea of recovery again. Could you talk about when you reached a turning point and how you knew you had gotten there? What hope and encouragement can you give others who have yet to see the tide turn?
Every so often I'm going to answer questions that have been on the minds of community members and have become a common thread at the Connection. My Question of the Week ties into this too.
What can I expect?
This is the question we all ask when we're first diagnosed with SZ. The first year is the hardest, as I told Tom Walker, the... Read more