E07 – Schizophrenia

<p>First, Dr. Marusak talks to Lindsay Rauch, the youngest of 12 siblings and 6 of the siblings had schizophrenia. Her family was the personal focus of a fantastic book called ‘Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family”, which also gives a wonderful history of schizophrenia in the US . Then, Dr. Marusak interviews Dr. Gil Hoftman, a psychiatrist and researcher at UCLA who specializes in the study and treatment of schizophrenia.</p> <p>Resources: The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) website <a href=" https://nami.org/Home">(nami.org) </a>and the Henry Amador Center on Anosognosia website <a href=" https://hacenter.org/home">(HAcenter.org)</a>, the Galvin Family Trust (GalvinFamilyTrust@gmail.com). The book about Lindsay's family can be found on Amazon: <a href=" https://www.amazon.com/Hidden-Valley-Road-Inside-American/dp/038554376X ">www.amazon.com/Hidden-Valley-Road-Inside-American/dp/038554376X </a>.</p> <p>BrainSTEM is hosted by neuroscientist Dr. Hilary Marusak. Audio by Amanpreet &amp; Manmeet Bhogal. Subscribe, share, and <a href="https://msha.ke/brainstempodcast/">follow us!</a> Email us with topic or <a href="https://msha.ke/brainstempodcast/">guest suggestions</a></p> --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. <a href="https://anchor.fm/app">https://anchor.fm/app</a>