Robin Cunningham, Patient Expert

For a variety of reasons, many individuals with schizophrenia don’t get satisfactory treatment until years after the onset of their mental illness, if at all. In some cases this may be a consequence of the fact that there are no definitive diagnostic ...

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It is a rare event when a motion picture presents paranoid schizophrenia in a responsible and accurate light. Canvas, which is due for release in five U.S. cities on October 12th of this year, is just such an event. We are thankful for it. The movie ...

Delusions of Paranoia and Grandeur are common among those of us with schizophrenia. These are generally constructed from materials at hand. It appears that religious ideation has been the most common over the centuries. In the 1950s abduction by spac...

The perspectives on schizophrenia I can provide are not those of a psychiatrist, psychologist or licensed clinical social worker, but rather a consumer and family member. I have walked the walk on both sides of the street. As such, I can speak with e...

The perspectives on schizophrenia I can provide are not those of a psychiatrist, psychologist or licensed clinical social worker, but rather a consumer and family member. I have walked the walk on both sides of the street.

Scientist, Businessman, Poet, and Activist, Cunningham Copes with Schizophrenia Daily Robin Cunningham holds a Bachelor’s degree in Zoology from the University of Washington. After graduate studies in psychology at Washington and The University of No...