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Related to Differing Experiences of Reality
Personal Stories
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Elgin Holley, Tara. My Mother’s Keeper: A
Daughter’s Memoir of Growing up in the Shadow
of Schizophrenia, New York: Avon Books, 1997.
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Kolker, Robert. Hidden Valley Road: Inside the
Mind of an American Family, Anchor, 2021.
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Linn, Virginia. The Other Side of Crazy, My
Odyssey to Insanity and Back, John Linn, 2020.
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Metzl, Jonathan. The Protest Psychosis: How Schizophrenia Became a Black Disease, Beacon Press, 2011. (BIPOC)
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Nasar, Sylvia. A Beautiful Mind: The Life of Mathematical Genius and Nobel Laureate John Nash, Simon & Schuster, 2001.
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Sacs, Elyn R. The Center Cannot Hold – My Journey Through Madness, New York: Hyperion, 2007.
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Schiller, Lori, and Amanda Bennett. The Quiet Room – A Journey Out of the Torment of Madness, Grand Central Publishing, 1996.
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Wagner, Pamela and Spiro, Carolyn. Divided Minds: Twin Sisters and Their Journey Through Schizophrenia, St. Martin’s Press, 2005.
Book Resources
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Duckworth, Ken. You Are Not Alone: The NAMI Guide to Navigating Mental Health: With Advice from Experts and Wisdom from Real People and Families, Zando, 2022.
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Ragins, Mark. Journeys Beyond the Frontier: A Rebellious Guide to Psychosis and Other Extraordinary Experiences, Independently Published, 2021.
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Torrey, E. Fuller. Surviving Schizophrenia: A Manual for Families, Consumers and Providers, Perennial, 1995.
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Wang, Esme Weijun. The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays, Greywolf Press, 2019. (BIPOC)
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Drunk on Too Much Life, Film by Michelle Melles, 2022. This film shows all the holistic strategies that were used by a young woman and her parents to help her recover. Excellent. Tells it like it is.
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Van Der Kolk, Bessel. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma, Penguin Books, 2015.
Online Resources
For people who hear voices, see visions, or have other unusual perceptions.
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National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression
Raises funds and gives grants for psychiatric brain disorder research, to find the causes, better treatments, and eventual cures for these disorders.
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Schizophrenia & Psychosis Action Alliance
Creating a movement for systemic change to improve care, support and equity for the millions of people living with schizophrenia and psychosis spectrum disorders.