“Into the Light - Meaningful Recovery From Psychosis”, The Film -Ep. 94

Guests: Angela and Michael Brisbin

(plus 3 Moms updates and we read some Fan mail!)

INTO THE LIGHT Meaningful Recovery From Psychosis, a 60 minute documentary discusses how to  achieve Meaningful Recovery from Serious Mental Illness with education, medication and advocacy.  

A message of hope and real help, the film’s topics include: barriers to treatment, the underutilized medication, clozapine, and the importance of a supportive community. 

There are over 25 interviews of patients, parents, leading medical professionals, healthcare professionals, advocates – from across the USA, including:(Bolded names have been guests on this podcast too!)

 Dr Xavier Amador, LEAP; 

Dr Lisa Dixon, CUIMC; 

Dr Ken Duckworth, NAMI; 

Miriam Feldman, SCZ: Three Moms in the Trenches; 

Dr Rob & Ann Mandel Laitman, TEAM DANIEL;

 Dr Jeffrey Lieberman; 

Dr Jonathan Meyer;

 Lynn Nanos,

 Michael Orth; 

Bill Rodgers, The Marathon Runner; 

Dr Fuller Torrey; 

Elyn Saks, 

Rachel Streiff; and 

Bethany Yeiser, CURESZ. 

Narrated by Tony Shalhoub and Brooke Adams. 

Sponsored by TEAM DANIEL Running for Recovery from Mental Illness, a 501c3 charity.

Angela Brisbin 

Angela is the Lead Administrator for Team Daniel and the Clozapine Community Facebook group. She is the Associate Producer for the documentary Into the Light: Meaningful Recovery from Psychosis. She is a full time nursing student pursuing a Master’s degree as a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner. Her mental health advocacy includes serving as a board member for NAMI or Greater Kansas City, as well as being a NAMI-certified family support group facilitator and “Ending the Silence” presenter. Angela also serves as a mentor for the CURESZ Foundation. 

In 2016 Angela’s father Gary who had schizophrenia passed away and her son Michael was diagnosed. 

Michael Brisbin

Angela’s son Michael Brisbin has been in meaningful recovery from schizophrenia for six and a half years. He is a full time college student and works part time as a campus librarian. He’ll graduate in December with a Bachelor of Science degree in Social Work and a minor in Psychology. He plans to continue his education and obtain a Master’s degree as a licensed clinical social worker and work in the mental health field.

Michael is on the Board of Directors for NAMI of Greater Kansas City, and has founded NAMI on Campus groups at his previous community colleges and his current university. He also facilitates a weekly NAMI young adult Zoom support group.

Links:

https://www.intothelightmeaningfulrecovery.com/ 

https://www.teamdanielrunningforrecovery.org/ 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/www.teamdanielrunningforrecover.org/?ref=share_group_link 

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