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From a Paranoid Schizophrenia Diagnosis to a Peer Researcher in Nigeria

Mad in America

We were living in poverty with my siblings and life was difficult. During my first episode of schizophrenia in 2019, I was taken to our pastor by my mother, sister and a few church members for prayer. Community support workers and peer support workers had a supervisor who carried out activities in delivering the intervention.