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First Person Account: My Voyage Through Turbulence
naturalized Canadian who was born in the United States. She received primary and secondary school education in the United States and has a BA and an MA from the University of Toronto. She retired in 1994 from a position as teacher of English as a Second Language and Literacy at Queen Street Mental Health Centre in Toronto, and is involved in voluntary advocacy and support work for persons with schizophrenia and their families. Ms. Malloy is past president of the Schizophrenia Society of Ontario, East York chapter.
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The article that follows is part of the Schizophrenia Bulletin's ongoing First Person Account series. We hope that mental health professionals—the Bulletin's primary audience—will take this opportunity to learn about the issues and difficulties confronted by consumers of mental health care. In addition, we hope that these accounts will give patients and families a better sense of not being alone in confronting the problems that can be anticipated by persons with serious emotional difficulties. We welcome other contributions from patients, ex-patients, or family members. Our major editorial requirement is that such contributions be clearly written and organized, and that a novel or unique aspect of schizophrenia be described, with special emphasis on points that will be important for professionals. Clinicians who see articulate patients, with experiences they believe should be shared, might encourage these patients to submit their articles to First Person Accounts, Division of Clinical and Treatment Research, NIMH, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rm. 10-85, Rockville, MD 20857.