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Guests: authors of the new book (same name) -

Katharine Dougherty PhD, and Lisa Mann, PhD , and Dr. Rocco Marotta-a psychiatrist known for his successful treatment of "hopeless" cases-and practiced with remarkable success by the team he led at The Lodge program at Silver Hill Hospital in New Canaan, Connecticut.

Written for families struggling to navigate the world of neuropsychiatric illness and useful for providers looking for a different approach to the treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders

The book can be found at the following sites by putting in the title and authors: amazon.com, barnesandnoble.com, sdppublishingsolutions.com

The Center for the Treatment and Study of Neuropsychiatric Disorders: silverhillhospital.org/TheCenter

Why relabel SMI NBD (neuropsychiatric brain disease )?

THEMES:

• Hope and persistence are critical
• No two cases are exactly the same
• Medication and adherence and sobriety are important to sustained stability
• It takes a team and long-term relationships to sustain stability
• Communication among team members is critical
• Taking small risks and succeeding leads to other risks
• Rigid ideology has no place when you are untangling complexity and nuance
• The diagnosis of NBD is often tied to a sense of shame and failure for patients and families
• There are many important layers to the recovery journey
• Constant reevaluation is important and this includes the importance of patient feedback

Poetry from Zachary Sutphin

"White pink blue"

White pink blue

The pills look like candy

But taste like defeat.

They taste like mother’s advice.

Correct, we grow too see

I take them Because otherwise,

I might start believing.. believing in things that can't be believed

in minds unlike mine

They tell me it’s illness.

But what if it’s clarity?

What if losing grip

Was divine sanity

Still, I take them.....

For the full poem, see our "Schizophrenia 3 Moms" Facebook page

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When the loved one with SMI is your peer, your partner, there are some challenges that differ from parenting someone with serious mental illness. Support, Education and new mindsets can help.

Guests: Jeff Zuckerman, author of Unglued: A Bipolar Love Story - https://www.jeffzuckerman.com/

and Annie Jaeger, wellness coach and NAMI Family Support Group facilitator - https://www.anniejaeger.com/

Link to support group:

https://heypeers.com/meetings/44205/details

Scroll down for Lisa Wexler show links

We ask:

1. What do you see as the differences between being married to someone with a serious mental illness compared to the parent of someone with a mental illness.

2. How have your children been affected by your spouse's mental illness, and how do you navigate your role as both spouse and partner in that regard?

3. How do you set boundaries (a whole podcast in itself, no doubt) for yourself without guilt or shame? (Which can be a discussion about self-care.)

4. Since you co-facilitate one of the few support groups for partners of those with a mental illness, tell us about the benefits of support groups.

Lisa Wexler Links

https://www.instagram.com/lisawexler.radio/

https://www.lisawexler.com/

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/is-trumps-plan-to-help-the-mentally-ill-good/id1063388065?i=1000721737436

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-new-drug-could-revolutionize-treating-mental-health/id1063388065?i=1000718001577

Also LISA on the LAW segments

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Guest: Casie Fariello from Other Parents Like ME

• OPLM is an online platform and virtual community, designed to create a safe space with the access and support parents need as they move from crisis to healing.

Links: https://oplm.com/

Here are the social media links for Other Parents Like Me:

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/otherparentslikeme
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/otherparentslikeme
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/other-parents-like-me
• Linktree: https://linktr.ee/oplm

We’ve also created a one-month promo code for your: TRENCHES3

We Ask:

• Your mission and how/why it started
• resources available to parents like "us"
• is this limited to parents of teens with mental health issues, or can parents of older kids - and other relatives - benefit?
• what do you most want people to know?
• Tips for parents, even if they don’t pay the $ to join the community?

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