Top picks: Exploring schizophrenia

For Schziophrenia Awareness Week we've put together a list of resources that explore issues relating to schizophrenia.

Schizophrenia articles

• Halting schizophrenia before it starts
  Provides a first-hand insight into the early stages of psychosis and details an early intervention program in California, USA.
  
  
• Brains, genes and chemical imbalances – how explanations of mental illness affect stigma
  Will genetic theories explaining the development of schizophrenia affect stigma?
  
  
• Who gets to be the 'Good Schizophrenic'?
  Author explores self-stigma and how the 'right' kind of diagnosis can mean the difference between a productive life and a life sentence.
  
  
• Welfare to work: a different approach for people with mental illness
  Between 80 and 90% of people with severe mental illness are unemployed. Despite this, when people with a severe mental illness are asked their goals, their consistent number-one ambition is to get a job. This article explores the services required to transition people from treatment to work.

Schizophrenia podcasts

• Art, science and schizophrenia
  Lynne Malcolm hosts a panel discussion on the art and science of schizophrenia.
  
  
• Schizophrenia—new clues
  All In The Mind discuss the intensive research efforts that are trying to uncover the mysteries of schizophrenia.
  
  
• The science of schizophrenia
  The Naked Scientists delve deep into the brain circuitry to uncover the causes of schizophrenia, hear what drugs like ketamine can reveal about hallucinations and how a cartoon representation of the voices plaguing patients can block the symptoms.
  
  
• Open Dialogue
  All In The Mind profile the innovative approach to therapy that involves a person's family and friends in the therapy process.

Schizophrenia TED Talks 

• The voices in my head
  To all appearances, Eleanor Longden was just like every other student, heading to college full of promise and without a care in the world. That was until the voices in her head started talking.
  
  
• A tale of mental illness — from the inside
  Legal scholar Elyn Saks asks us to see people with mental illness clearly, honestly and compassionately.
  
  
• Toward a new understanding of mental illness
  Thomas Insel, Director of the National Institute of Mental Health, wonders: With early detection can we reduce the death rate associated with depression and schizophrenia?

Content by SANE

• Schizophrenia facsheet
  The facts about schizophrenia. An illness that interferes with a person’s ability to think, feel and act.
  
  
• Psychosis factsheet
  The facts about psychosis. A group of illnesses which disrupt the functioning of the brain.
  
  
• People like us - Sandy
  Author, poet and mental health ambassador, Sandy Jeffs, shares her story of living with schizophrenia.
  
  
• Three reasons to be optimistic about schizophrenia
  The latest clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of schizophrenia released by the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists provide a more optimistic outlook for schizophrenia.
  
  
• Tips from those who know – Managing symptoms of schizophrenia
  We’ve asked the our SANE Speakers to share their tips for managing symptoms of schizophrenia, staying positive, and identifying changes in their mental health.
  
  
• This is Jock, not schizophrenia
  My brother lives with schizophrenia. Now before you judge and run away, allow me to introduce him.