“Hoping to escape her traumatic past in Belgium, a young Belgian-American woman leaves for the San Francisco Bay Area where she had spent a few happy years during childhood. Her newfound joy is upended when she finds herself coerced and forced into psychiatric treatment, enduring involuntary medication, restraints and assaults….
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My Quora Answers related to mental health challenges and psychiatric treatment (+Feedback from readers).
For further reading, check out my Quora profile, using this link: https://www.quora.com/profile/Isabel-E-35 Questions: 1.What exactly constitutes psychosis? 2.What does life look like through a person experiencing schizophrenia? 3.How has anyone else lost their children due to you having a mental illness? 4.How do I cope with schizophrenia? How do I…
About Me
Mother, writer, doodler, explorer of dimensions, mental health advocate, model. I’m certified as a mental health peer specialist, and as a group facilitator for both “Hearing Voices” and “Alternatives to Suicide.” Recently I’ve completed my memoir, focused on my experiences in the psychiatric system, primarily in the San Francisco Bay…