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From a Paranoid Schizophrenia Diagnosis to a Peer Researcher in Nigeria

Mad in America

I always wanted and still want to help children and adolescents who are going through the things I went through when I was at their age. I was and am still very optimistic about children and adolescents who have learning difficulties or behavioral challenges because I believe that there are many abilities in every disability.

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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. Some teens came to feel that it was their right to have sex with attractive others at a young age, but that actually didn’t happen. Sleep hygiene can be used to ensure that that goal is met. Pornography.