Send a Text to the Moms What Will Happen When We’re Gone? Trusts, Pooled Trusts and More-Ep. 99 Guest: Megan Brand,  Colorado Fund for People with Disabilities Executive Director Dani Page, JD (her other episodes with us are Episodes 50 and 70) In its simplest form, a Trust is a relationship, in which one person holds title to property, subject to an obligation to keep or use the property for the benefit of another.. We ask: Can we use Trusts to help our loved ones with SMI - now, and after we are gone? Some of the differences between Pooled Trusts and Individual Trusts? How to evaluate ..read more

Send a Text to the Moms Purpose, Belonging, Community: Starting and Opening an International Clubhouse for People with MI -Ep. 98 A New International Clubhouse in Minnesota, USA! Guests: Karina Forrest Perkins , Chad Bolstrom, Vail Place  Nishi and Margaret, Members Vail Ramsey County Clubhouse in MN, USA had a huge turnout for its Grand Opening event and ribbon cutting ceremony. Vail Communities in Minneapolis is spearheading the Clubhouse expansion. The Clubhouse is a "One-Stop Shop", functioning as a community-based hub, a single point for people to access, integrate, and coordinat ..read more

Send a Text to the Moms Guests : Laura Balboni Craciun, Policy Director National Shattering Silence Coalition, MA, and Arundati (Arun) Nagendra, Ph.D. At the recent  S&PAA conference (Mindy ) and at the Johns Hopkins schizophrenia symposium (Mimi and Randye)  , as well as on our Facebook page, many families tell us their stories about cannabis - many now see it as causing, or at least triggering psychosis. That led us to this episode. Although schizophrenia contains a spectrum of symptoms and influences, many now believe that marijuana was the last straw that “pulled the trigger ..read more

Send a Text to the Moms “Guest Mom” Laura Pogliano The Johns Hopkins Schizophrenia Symposium brings together world-renowned experts in psychiatry, mental health, and neuroscience in order to present diverse aspects of the disorder, discuss their findings with colleagues, and be available to answer attendees’ questions.  This year, the speakers presented their cutting-edge and multidisciplinary approaches, including those that interfere among molecular pathology, digital science, public outreach, and clinical psychiatry. Families were invited to attend - for FREE - and could attend a panel ..read more

Send a Text to the Moms No One Cares About Crazy People is a feature documentary film-in-progress about the tragedy, crisis and chaos of severe mental illness in America – and a burgeoning national crusade to do something about it NO ONE CARES ABOUT CRAZY PEOPLE takes us inside the tragedy, chaos, and crisis of severe mental illness in America. It derives in part from Ron Powers’ acclaimed book of the same name, a hybrid narrative of tragic family memoir and searing social history. Guest: Gail Freedman, Director & Producer Your support is critical to help us complete this film and tell the ..read more

Send a Text to the Moms Guests: Angela and Michael Brisbin (plus 3 Moms updates and we read some Fan mail!) INTO THE LIGHT Meaningful Recovery From Psychosis, a 60 minute documentary discusses how to  achieve Meaningful Recovery from Serious Mental Illness with education, medication and advocacy.   A message of hope and real help, the film’s topics include: barriers to treatment, the underutilized medication, clozapine, and the importance of a supportive community.  There are over 25 interviews of patients, parents, leading medical professionals, healthcare professionals, advo ..read more

Send a Text to the Moms “Chris had a "tumultuous" time several years ago, dealing with the onset of schizoaffective disorder, but has overcome addiction and homelessness and established stability for himself, while also being an extremely productive artist. His artist name, as well as his social media handle, is xoradmagical. He's done one film for the National Film Board of Canada and is working on another. He's prolific on TikTok, where he describes his posts as "a personal virtual diary that everybody is allowed to look at." Chris was diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder in 2017 at the a ..read more

Send a Text to the Moms This is Part 2 - Matthew’s Story. Here is his bio: “Hi, I'm Matthew Dickson! I'm a Canadian who helps people in developing countries get access to basic mental health care. I've suffered from mental health problems myself (schizophrenia). I bicycled across Canada when I was 20 in the middle of getting an engineering degree.  But at 22 I was diagnosed with schizophrenia.   It took awhile, but I successfully recovered from schizophrenia, and in 2023 I bicycled across Canada again, becoming the first person with schizophrenia to do so!  Recovery is possible ..read more

Send a Text to the Moms Ever wonder what psychosis feels like. From someone who has experienced it and now has the insight so many of our loved ones do not have? We’re lucky to have permission instead to repost this recording from The Schizophrenia Society of York University in Canada.  SSY  is the first and only schizophrenia awareness club organization at York University.  It  raises awareness and humanizes individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia. They provide a voice for people with schizophrenia and other mental illnesses, and create an atmosphere of de-stigmatization ..read more

In this episode, listeners tell us what's on their minds and we answer as best we can.  We talk about anosognosia, incarceration, psychotic delusions, what we would have done differently if we'd known then what we know now, and lots more. We open with a poem by a listener who is diagnosed with SZ: Dale Walsh Poem - “I am a recovered reaching out help lessen the challenges encountered by family caregivers” Source Of My Unique Thinking Seeing laughter from challenged kid Reminds me of all things I hid About everything I did And Joke I made was big mistake As claim "I'm GOD" I did make W ..read more