Schizophrenia stigma & family dynamics

Please listen or read the attached transcripts to the following podcasts related to schizophrenia.

1. The silence around schizophrenia (30mins)

What’s the scariest word in the English language? Still highly stigmatised, schizophrenia is the illness that we dare not speak about openly, and this silence may get in the way of recovery. We hear from an author who’s listening to family stories, and an anthropologist whose research shows that focusing on the social and cultural aspects of schizophrenia could significantly improve rates of recovery.

https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/allinthemind/the-silence-around-schizophrenia/11138366

2. The one thing we've never spoken about (29mins)

Journalist Elfy Scott grew up in a loving and tight knit family, but there was one topic they never spoke about, for a long time: her mother's schizophrenia.

Now, Elfy is sharing her family's story, and interrogating why stigma so often silences conversations about complex mental health disorders.

https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/allinthemind/one-thing-weve-never-spoken-about/102173806