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From a Paranoid Schizophrenia Diagnosis to a Peer Researcher in Nigeria

Mad in America

At this time, I also needed to pay for my second-year master’s programme and there was no money so I thought I would drop out, but God used someone to provide for me and I was able to pay and conclude my master’s programme in 2013. I have also learnt so many things about mental health and my hope for the future has increased.

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Reflections on the Silicon Valley Teen Suicides-by-Train: Fifteen Years Later

Mad in America

And as we later found out, only 46% of the kids who died by suicide even had a known mental health problem. But I am still confused by what happened with the teen train track suicides in Palo Alto—first in 2009-2010, again in 2013-14, and yet again in 2015-16. They were socially skilled and academically successful. Pornography.