Schizophrenia: Three Moms in the Trenches
by Randye Kaye
Schizophrenia in the Family. How do we cope? How can we help? We each have adult sons with schizophrenia and have written acclaimed books about it. We say it like it is, to help families, practitioners and those with SMI (serious mental illness) feel less alone...and learn. Randye Kaye, Mindy Greiling, Miriam Feldman...and guests.
Episodes
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Support, Not Control: A New Approach to SMI Decision-Making. (Ep. 148)
Send a Text to the Moms - please include your contact info if you want a response. thanks! Supported Decision-Making (SDM) is an alternative to guardianship that allows individuals with disabilities to retain their legal rights and make their own life choices with help from a chosen team of…
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Lodge Magic: Living, Working, Achieving with Serious Mental Illness (Episode 147)
Send a Text to the Moms - please include your contact info if you want a response. thanks! This episode focuses on the Fairweather Lodge model as implemented by Tasks Unlimited in Minnesota, highlighting its success in providing long-term housing, community, and employment for people with serious...
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Who Takes Care of the Caregiver? NAMI’s Family Helpline (Ep. 146)
Send a Text to the Moms - please include your contact info if you want a response. thanks! Available Monday Through Friday, 10:00 AM – 10:00 PM ET You Are Not Alone. We are here to help. The NAMI Family Caregiver HelpLine is a free, confidential service providing caregiver-led support, tools and...
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Connected Care: Can Technology Change the Journey Through Schizophrenia? (Ep. 145)
Send a Text to the Moms - please include your contact info if you want a response. thanks! Technology is changing the way we think about mental health care—but what does that mean for families living with schizophrenia and other serious mental illnesses? Can technology actually make life easier…
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Financial Planning When Mental Illness Strikes: Why ABLE Accounts Matter (Ep. 144)
Send a Text to the Moms - please include your contact info if you want a response. thanks! Guest: Allen Giese, author of When Mental Illness Strikes: Crisis Intervention for the Financial Plan The episode of "Schizophrenia: Three Moms in the Trenches" features a discussion with financial planner...
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Can Deep Brain Stimulation Change the Future of Schizophrenia? (Ep. 143)
Send a Text to the Moms - please include your contact info if you want a response. thanks! The podcast episode featured a discussion with Dr. Martijn Figee and Dr. Alexander Charney from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai about deep brain stimulation (DBS) as a potential treatment for...
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Parenting Children with Serious Mental Illness - Navigating Grief, Hope, Advocacy and Joy (Ep. 142)
Send a Text to the Moms - please include your contact info if you want a response. thanks! OPLM (Other Parents Like Me) interview the 3 Moms! - Mimi Feldman, Mindy Greiling, Randye Kaye - Together, we'll explore how to hold both grief and hope, care for yourself while supporting your child,...
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Love, Dating, and Serious Mental Illness: Is It Possible? (Ep. 141)
Send a Text to the Moms - please include your contact info if you want a response. thanks! Guest: , Melissa Dalhoe, Social Worker, Asst Professor, University of Minnesota Dept of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences For parents of loved ones with serious mental illness, one question often lingers...
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Fortescue: Psychosis, Friendship and the Art of Film (Ep. 116)
Send a Text to the Moms - please include your contact info if you want a response. thanks! Guest: Fortescue Filmmaker / Rebeccah Love About Rebeccah Love: This Toronto-based filmmaker, writer, and community organizer debuts her debut feature film, “Fortescue,” a drama exploring the complexities…
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The Unthinkable: Schizophrenia and Family Tragedy (Ep. 140)
Send a Text to the Moms - please include your contact info if you want a response. thanks! Vince Granada discussed his book "Everything is Fine," which tells the story of his family's experience with schizophrenia following his sibling's deteriorating mental health condition and tragic outcome.…
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Saving our Youth From the Dangers of Cannabis: Johnny's Ambassadors (ep. 139)
Send a Text to the Moms - please include your contact info if you want a response. thanks! Guest: Laura Stack, founder and CEO of Johnny's Ambassadors, a non-profit focused on youth THC prevention, discussing the tragic story of her son Johnny who died by suicide at age 19 after experiencing...
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Schizophrenia Reframed: Is It Time for a New Name? (Ep. 138)
Send a Text to the Moms - please include your contact info if you want a response. thanks! For families and those living with Schizophrenia, words matter. Today, we look at what’s behind the diagnosis, why experts are rethinking it as a neurodevelopmental syndrome—and whether changing the name...
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Creating a Mentally Healthy Nation for All: the APA Foundation (Ep. 137)
Send a Text to the Moms - please include your contact info if you want a response. thanks! Creating a Mentally Healthy Nation for All: the APA Foundation (Ep. 137) A discussion with Dr. Vedrana Hodzic, Director of Fellowships and Medical Education for the American Psychiatric Association...
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Gone Before Gone: When Mental Illness Steals Someone You Love (Ep. 136)
Send a Text to the Moms - please include your contact info if you want a response. thanks! Guest: (returning) Jerri Niebaum Clark (Episodes 85 and 32 - Ambiguous Loss and Advocacy) In Gone Before Gone, Clark describes her son’s “death by degrees” during a young adulthood wrecked by severe mental...
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No More Tears: The Dark Secrets of Johnson & Johnson (ep. 135)
Send a Text to the Moms - please include your contact info if you want a response. thanks! We’ve discussed FDA barriers to clozapine and side effects of all antipsychotics. Tonight we’ll zero in on Risperdal its producer, Johnson and Johnson, and the FDA. First, we’d like to say that for those...
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KETO & Schizophrenia: Hope, Hype, or Helpful Tool? (Ep. 134)
Send a Text to the Moms - please include your contact info if you want a response. thanks! KETO has been in the news - with RFK Jr. claiming it can “cure” schizophrenia. We have questions and concerns - so we brought in an expert . Guest: Dr. Matt Bernstein is a highly respected clinical...
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Ask the Therapist: Conversations About Psychosis and Hope (Ep. 133)
Send a Text to the Moms - please include your contact info if you want a response. thanks! Guest:Deb Bushong, MS, LPC-S - a licensed therapist for over 20 years. "Conversations Therapy is focused on the therapeutic work that helps develop youth and young adults who are in the early parts of their...
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Integrated Behavioral Health Care: What’s Ahead for a Better System? (Ep. 132)
Send a Text to the Moms - please include your contact info if you want a response. thanks! Guest: Dr. Theresa Miskimen Rivera, APA president 2025-2026 In this episode, we’re joined by the current president of the American Psychiatric Association for a timely conversation on what’s broken—and…
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Collateral Damage: Mental Health Crisis Wake-Up Call (ep.131)
Send a Text to the Moms - please include your contact info if you want a response. thanks! What happens when mental illness collides with broken systems—and no one is prepared to respond? In Collateral Damage, criminologist and former law enforcement officer Jesse Treviño exposes the catastrophic...
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ALL IN: Mental Health Support for the Family (Ep. 130)
Send a Text to the Moms - please include your contact info if you want a response. thanks! The "ALL IN FAMILY" website says: “When one member of the family is struggling with mental health challenges and/or addiction (dual diagnosis), it impacts every member of the family. At All IN Family, we…
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Antipsychotics and Weight Gain: It Doesn’t Have to Happen (Ep. 129)
Send a Text to the Moms - please include your contact info if you want a response. thanks! Weight gain is one of the most common—and distressing—side effects of antipsychotic medications. For many people, it affects self-esteem, physical health, and even the willingness to stay on treatment. In...
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The Reiner Family Tragedy: A Fear Too Many Live With (Ep. 128)
Send a Text to the Moms - please include your contact info if you want a response. thanks! Two days after the tragic murders of Rob and Michele Reiner, allegedly at the hands of their middle son, Nick, we three moms comment on the system, the families who try everything to help someone they love,...
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ECT and Schizophrenia: Can it Help? (Ep. 127)
Send a Text to the Moms - please include your contact info if you want a response. thanks! Today on Schizophrenia: 3 Moms in the Trenches, we’re joined by Dr. Steve Olson—psychiatrist, longtime advocate for clozapine, and a clinician experienced in using Electroconvulsive Therapy when it can…
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New Challenges, New Hopes, Some Advice: Season Six Peek - (Ep. 126)
Send a Text to the Moms - please include your contact info if you want a response. thanks! Moms kick off Season Six, with a sneak peek back at the past few months, and a look ahead. Coming up: ECT, new research, microdosing? What would you like us to cover? Contact us on our facebook page, or via...
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Lives Reimagined: Changing the Course of Psychotic Illness (Ep. 125)
Send a Text to the Moms - please include your contact info if you want a response. thanks! Lives Reimagined: Changing the Course of Psychotic Illness (Ep. 125) Guests: authors of the new book (same name) - Katharine Dougherty PhD, and Lisa Mann, PhD , and Dr. Rocco Marotta-a psychiatrist known…
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Living With and Loving a Partner With a Serious Mental Illness (Ep. 124)
Send a Text to the Moms - please include your contact info if you want a response. thanks! When the loved one with SMI is your peer, your partner, there are some challenges that differ from parenting someone with serious mental illness. Support, Education and new mindsets can help. Guests: Jeff...
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Other Parents Like Me: Hope, Help and Healing (Ep. 123)
Send a Text to the Moms - please include your contact info if you want a response. thanks! Guest: Casie Fariello from Other Parents Like ME OPLM is an online platform and virtual community, designed to create a safe space with the access and support parents need as they move from crisis to…
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Recovery “In the Middle”: The Challenge of Negative Symptoms (Ep. 122)
Send a Text to the Moms - please include your contact info if you want a response. thanks! A “Just Us” episode - inspired by listener input Many listeners have asked us to do an episode about recovery that is “in the middle” - not miraculous, not superstar, but appreciating when “ordinary” is, in...
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SMI and AI: Communication Coach in Your Back Pocket? (Ep. 121)
Send a Text to the Moms - please include your contact info if you want a response. thanks! Guests: Stephanie Greer (DoroMind), Xavier Amador(LEAP) Ever wish you had a communication coach in your back pocket to guide you through a conversation with your LO (loved One) with SMI (Serious Mental...
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Those Not So Little Voices: From Adolescent Psychosis to Wellness and Empowerment (Ep. 120)
Send a Text to the Moms - please include your contact info if you want a response. thanks! Guests Wyatt Forte, and his mom Denise Forte Those Not So Little Voices offers a unique narrative as it is authored over the course of three and a half years --- from the age of fourteen to almost eighteen...
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Tardive Dyskinesia (TD) - Managing a Difficult Side Effect (Ep. 119)
Send a Text to the Moms - please include your contact info if you want a response. thanks! Guests: Rakesh Jain, MD, and Sherland Peterson, who has experience living with TD More than 14 million Americans have a serious mental illness, such as bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder or...
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HIPAA and More: Understanding the Laws of Mental Health (Ep. 118)
Send a Text to the Moms - please include your contact info if you want a response. thanks! Guest: Laura M . Brancato, Esq. - Elder Law And Vulnerable Client Specialist “As an attorney and an advocate, my mission is to provide specialized legal advice and support to families with vulnerable loved...
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What About the Kids?: When Your Parent has Schizophrenia (Ep. 117)
Send a Text to the Moms - please include your contact info if you want a response. thanks! Guests: Natasha Williams and Liz Sjaastad Natasha Williams -The Parts of Him I Kept: The Gifts of My Father's Madness (Natasha’s book) is an intimate account of a daughter’s coming of age in the face of her...
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Schizophrenia in Minoritized Communities (Ep. 115)
Send a Text to the Moms - please include your contact info if you want a response. thanks! Guest: Regina Graham, MD (she/her) Medical Director of Early Psychosis Programs, Health Sciences Clinical Professor UC Davis School of Medicine According to the National Institute of Mental Health, nearly…
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Boundaries..or Abandonment? And Other Questions from 3 Moms Fans (Ep. 114)
Send a Text to the Moms - please include your contact info if you want a response. thanks! Letters…we get letters…well, actually emails, comments, and messages. In this episode we do our best to respond with perspective, information and resources. Please know that we are not doctors, cannot...
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Loving Someone with Mental Illness: Skills, Hope, and Strength (Ep. 113)
Send a Text to the Moms - please include your contact info if you want a response. thanks! Actionable strategies for these family members and friends who give so much but whose needs and sacrifices are often unappreciated. Written by clinical psychologist Dr. Michelle Sherman and her mother…
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Catch it Early: What Doctors and Practitioners Miss About Mental Illness (Ep. 112)
Send a Text to the Moms - please include your contact info if you want a response. thanks! Guests: Robert C. Smith, MD and Vinod Srihari, MD, Every day, millions of Americans face untreated mental health challenges—and too often, their first point of contact is a medical doctor unequipped to…
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Sane and Sober: Everyone Deserves to Recover (Ep. 111) - Guest, Eric J Dias
Send a Text to the Moms - please include your contact info if you want a response. thanks! Eric J Dias is no stranger to the struggles people with addiction and severe mental illness experience. He has lived with schizoaffective disorder since he was a teenager. Eric has been a tireless advocate...
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NYC’s Involuntary Commitment Plan: How’s it working? (Ep. 110)
Send a Text to the Moms - please include your contact info if you want a response. thanks! Returning Guest: Brian Stettin. NYC City Hall’s senior advisor on severe mental illness. In Episode 61, we interviewed Brian Stettin, senior advisor to the Mayor Eric Adams administration on severe mental...
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Straight Talk About Living with a Severe Mental Illness (Ep. 109)
Send a Text to the Moms - please include your contact info if you want a response. thanks! GUEST: Darrell E. Herrmann WANT THE TRANSCRIPT? CLICK HERE Millions of Americans are affected by psychosis, a condition that includes schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and depression. One man, Darrell...
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“Into the Light - Meaningful Recovery From Psychosis”, The Film -Ep. 94
Send a Text to the Moms - please include your contact info if you want a response. thanks! 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…
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Should our Loved One with SMI Live With Us?
Send a Text to the Moms - please include your contact info if you want a response. thanks! Welcome to this episode, where we explore a deeply personal and often complex topic: the choice to have relatives with severe mental illness live at home with family. Joined by listener guests, we dive into...
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Meaningful Recovery in SMI: Expanding Access to Treatment that Works (Ep.107)
Send a Text to the Moms - please include your contact info if you want a response. thanks! Guests: Robert S Laitman, MD, Mimi Liu, Doro Mind At Doro Mind. the mission is to provide compassionate, accessible, and dynamic care and support for individuals suffering from psychosis and their…
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Trauma-Informed Parenting: Help for Support and Healing (Ep. 106)
Send a Text to the Moms - please include your contact info if you want a response. thanks! Guests: Suzy DeYoung, Catherine Galda, Trauma Informed Parent When parents are Trauma Informed they are better equipped to help their children heal - and to take care of themselves. Trauma Informed Parent...
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But Where Can They Live? : Housing for Those with SMI (Ep. 105)
Send a Text to the Moms - please include your contact info if you want a response. thanks! But Where Can They Live? : Housing for Those with SMI (Ep. 105) Guests: Lynda Kaufmann, Psynergy Programs Ellie Skelton, Touchstone Mental Health Housing: Access to affordable and supportive housing remains...
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The Never Ending Cycle: Crisis, Coping, Advocacy (Ep. 104)
Send a Text to the Moms - please include your contact info if you want a response. thanks! The Neverending Cycle: Crisis, Coping, Advocacy (Ep. 104) Guest: Rachel Streiff: Mental Health Advocate, Mentor to SMI Caregivers, NAMI F2F talks about the the emotional stages for families: Crisis, Coping,...
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Amazing Grace: Single Mother, Adult Son with Schizophrenia, Award-Winning Short Film (Ep. 103)
Send a Text to the Moms - please include your contact info if you want a response. thanks! Amazing Grace: Single Mother, Adult Son with Schizophrenia, Award-Winning Short Film (Ep. 103) Guest: Aiden Keltner, Filmmaker Based on the true stories of many families, Amazing Grace tells the story of a...
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Beyond Hidden Valley Road for Adult Siblings: What’s In Your Hands? Guest: Lindsay Mary Rauch (Ep. 102)
Send a Text to the Moms - please include your contact info if you want a response. thanks! Guest: Lindsay Mary Galvin Rauch, Mental Health Advocate/Speaker “ I draw inspiration from my upbringing with ten older brothers, six of whom bravely fought schizophrenia. Sharing my story and journey can...
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Caregivers, You Are Not Alone - But Are You Liable? - with Ken Duckworth, MD (Ep.101)
Send a Text to the Moms - please include your contact info if you want a response. thanks! Please note: if you write us “Fan mail” (thanks! )- please include some contact info (email is best) if you want a reply. Guest: Ken Duckworth, NAMI Chief Medical Officer Ken Duckworth’s journey into...
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Kody Green, Schizophrenic Hippie - From Incarceration and Addiction to Advocacy and Inspiration -Ep. 100
Send a Text to the Moms - please include your contact info if you want a response. thanks! Guest: Kody Green, patient advocate Kody lives with schizophrenia and is a motivational speaker/content creator with over a million followers on TikTok alone (@schizophrenichippie). He has also overcome...
About this show
Schizophrenia in the Family. How do we cope? How can we help? We each have adult sons with schizophrenia and have written acclaimed books about it. We say it like it is, to help families, practitioners and those with SMI (serious mental illness) feel less alone...and learn. Randye Kaye, Mindy Greiling, Miriam Feldman...and guests.
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Randye Kaye