Photos: SARDAA Booth at MHA Conference

Linda Stalters and Wayne Lindstrom, Ph.D.

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CDC Finds Suicide Rates Among Middle-Aged Adults Increased From 1999-2010

Suicide deaths have surpassed deaths from motor vehicle crashes in recent years in the United States. In 2010 there were 33,687 deaths from motor vehicle crashes and 38,364 suicides. Suicide rates among middle-aged Americans have risen substantially since 1999, according to a report in today’s CDC journal, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Annual suicide ratesRead More

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Flu in Pregnancy May Quadruple Child’s Risk for Bipolar Disorder, Schizophrenia

Pregnant mothers’ exposure to the flu was associated with a nearly fourfold increased risk that their child would develop bipolar disorder in adulthood, in a study funded by the National Institutes of Health. The findings add to mounting evidence of possible shared underlying causes and illness processes with schizophrenia, which some studies have also linked to prenatalRead More

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Film Synopsis: Hidden Pictures

Filmmaker and physician Delaney Ruston grew up under the shadow of her dad’s illness, schizophrenia. While reconnecting with him after years of estrangement, (as seen in the award winning PBS documentary Unlisted: A Story of Schizophrenia) Ruston became interested in the experiences of other families around the globe. How are people accepted or rejected? What is mentalRead More

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Photos of Cocktails and Couture — SARDAA’s 5th Anniversary Celebration and Schizophrenia Awareness Recognition

Dr. & Mrs. Hauser dancing to JJ Essen

May 2013–We celebrated SARDAA’s 5th anniversary at a private club, The Marque, in Houston, TX while recognizing Schizophrenia Awareness Week with informative and fun experiences for all attendees. Highlights of the evening: Patrick McIlvain of The Houston Walk gave an extemporaneous talk about how we work together to help our brothers and sisters. It was wellRead More

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A Mother Helps Son in His Struggle With Schizophrenia

The mother drives her son everywhere because he is not well enough to drive. He sits next to her, and at the red lights she looks over and studies him: how quiet he is, how stiffly he sits, hands in his lap, fingers fidgeting slightly, a tic that occasionally blooms into a full flutteringRead More

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