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Conference Colleague Spotlight: Juan Gonzalez

National Council for Mental Wellbeing (NCMW - the

Im focused on the Keystone Veteran Transitional House (KVTH), a 12-bed shelter for veterans regardless of discharge status that opened in 2020. With support from our local Lowes, we built a therapeutic food garden for veterans, and were gearing up for planting season around Memorial Day weekend. Everything!

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From a Paranoid Schizophrenia Diagnosis to a Peer Researcher in Nigeria

Mad in America

I lived a normal life without any medication until mid-2020 when I had another episode and was taken to another hospital where I was admitted but ran away the next day to another town because I believed what I needed was prayer. My parents looked for me and found me but when they wanted to take me to the first hospital I refused.