Schizophrenia

SOURCES:

Lisa Guardiola, schizophrenia advocate, vice president of NAMI South Suburbs of Chicago.

Laura Yoviene Sykes, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine; director, STEP Learning Collaborative, New Haven, Connecticut. 

National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI): “Schizophrenia,” “Types of Mental Health Professionals.” 

National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Illinois: “Living Room Programs Offer Mental Health Screening, Support and Understanding.”

National Institute of Mental Health: “Schizophrenia.” 

American Psychiatric Association: “What is Schizophrenia?” 

Focus (American Psychiatric Association): “Schizophrenia: An Overview.”

Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications: “Positive symptoms of schizophrenia and their relationship with cognitive and emotional executive functions.” 

Schizophrenia: “Differences in schizophrenia treatments by race and ethnicity – analysis of electronic health records.”

World Psychiatry: “Will I need to take these medications for the rest of my life?”

Psychiatric Services: “A Naturalistic Study of Racial Disparities in Diagnoses at an Outpatient Behavioral Health Clinic.” 

Schizophrenia & Psychosis Action Alliance: “Peer Support Groups.”

Mental Health America: “Find Support Groups.”