Lived Experience Resources
Social Media
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- “Kody Green (He/Him) is a 29 years old with a diagnosis of Undifferentiated Schizophrenia… He has struggled in the past with drug addiction, incarceration, and serious mental health issues. In order to be a better advocate and speaker, Kody has been trained as a peer support specialist, recover coach and suicide prevention specialist. Now, Kody shares his stories about his struggles and how to navigate through recover, mental health issues, and life after incarceration.”
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- “Mental fitness and recovery skills for humans that have lots of thoughts and feelings.”
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- “Schizophrenia/Psychosis Advocate and Educator, BS in Psychology w/ Honors, Psychosis is part of the Human Condition, Unabashedly Schizophrenic, not licensed”
Books and Articles
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- “Kody succeeded in finding and maintaining a job across various, diverse industry sectors including production, distribution, office settings and management. Along with self-care and coping strategies to help all professionals manage their mental health better at work, this book provides employers with proper initiatives to foster an understanding, empathetic and supportive environment, backed by the latest research in the field.”
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- “The ‘Rethink Psychosis’ hub is designed to help disseminate experiencer-led resources and knowledge. the hub hosts both non-research and research projects, active and completed. The hub is maintained by Nev Jones and Shannon Pagdon.”
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- “Pat Deegan’s Recovery Approach focuses on the person instead of the illness and offers hope-filled tools, technologies, and trainings for professionals, families & individuals. Using Pat’s Approach, people can move beyond a diagnosis and get to the life they want, and staff gain knowledge and skills for practicing true recovery-oriented care.”
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- ±õ²ÔÌýThe Center Cannot Hold, Elyn Saks discusses frankly and movingly the paranoia, the inability to tell imaginary fears from real ones, and the voices in her head insisting she do terrible things, as well as many obstacles she overcame to become the woman she is today. It is destined to become a classic in the genre.