Bethany Yeiser BS

About

Bethany Yeiser is the author of Mind Estranged: My Journey from Schizophrenia and Homelessness to Recovery.

Books by Bethany Yeiser BS

Recent Posts

California’s CARE Act to Benefit the Homeless

A Personal Perspective: California has implemented a new law to help the homeless obtain services.

An Open Letter to His Royal Highness, The Prince of Wales

For years, due to untreated schizophrenia, I refused housing, preferring to be homeless. When dealing with the severely mentally ill, getting people into housing is a challenge.

I Wish I Had Been Taught About Schizophrenia

Personal Perspective: Young people need to know about mental health disorders.

Psychosis and Reverse Culture Shock

Personal Perspective: My first psychotic episode happened following a two-month trip to Africa where I returned home with severe reverse culture shock.

About Involuntary Commitment

A Personal Perspective: Whether or not to take away a person’s freedom and liberty through an involuntary hospitalization is a difficult question to consider.

A Personal Perspective: Whether or not to take away a person’s freedom and liberty through an involuntary hospitalization is a difficult question to consider.

Hallucinations Can Affect All Five Senses in Schizophrenia

A Personal Perspective: Hallucinations can be debilitating for people with schizophrenia, most often auditory and visual, but sometimes affecting all five senses.

A Personal Perspective: Hallucinations can be debilitating for people with schizophrenia, most often auditory and visual, but sometimes affecting all five senses.

Dromomania: An Uncontrollable Urge to Travel

A Personal Perspective: Dromomania is a symptom of some types of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder involving an uncontrollable urgency to travel.

A Personal Perspective: Dromomania is a symptom of some types of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder involving an uncontrollable urgency to travel.

My Schizophrenia Heroes: Elyn Saks and John Nash

A Personal Perspective: When diagnosed with schizophrenia, I struggled to find hope. Reading stories of meaningful recovery from schizophrenia inspired me—especially these two.

A Personal Perspective: When diagnosed with schizophrenia, I struggled to find hope. Reading stories of meaningful recovery from schizophrenia inspired me—especially these two.

Finding Contentment With Schizophrenia

A Personal Perspective: As a teenager, I was always longing to have graduated from college, but after developing schizophrenia, I badly wanted to go back in time.

A Personal Perspective: As a teenager, I was always longing to have graduated from college, but after developing schizophrenia, I badly wanted to go back in time.

Heart Damage and Brain Damage

A Personal Perspective: Because psychotic episodes damage the brain, it is imperative to comply with treatment to prevent more damage.

A Personal Perspective: Because psychotic episodes damage the brain, it is imperative to comply with treatment to prevent more damage.