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Rossa Forbes Real life. My oldest son was diagnosed with schizophrenia at the age of 20. Being a practical and curious person, I eventually came around to the idea…moreReal life. My oldest son was diagnosed with schizophrenia at the age of 20. Being a practical and curious person, I eventually came around to the idea that his crisis was an opportunity for me, him, and perhaps a chance to show others that, as R.D. Laing puts it: "Madness need not be all breakdown. It may also be break-through. It is potential liberation and renewal, as well as enslavement and existential death." A friend in a chat group advised me that a story told as memoir can be a good way to effect a paradigm shift in society.(less)
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Missed diagnoses lead to misdiagnoses

I’ve been corresponding with “Joyce” on and off for five years. In my opinion, she’s one of the world’s most devoted mothers, in her case because of the impressive amount of medically complex information she has been forced to teach herself  in order to unravel the mystery of what was causing her son’s physical and psychiatric symptoms.

This is her story, told in her own words, about her son Thomas

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Can the Wim Hof Breathing Technique help schizophrenia?

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