Episode 53 - Living with Schizophrenia with Susie Hincks

In this episode we sit down with lived experience expert Susie Hincks to chat about living with schizophrenia. Susie chats candidly about her journey through life, and the period leading up to her schizophrenia diagnosis in her 20s. We talk about some of the challenges she has faced, as well as the success she has had in managing her illness, and creating awareness about it through her work in advocacy and research. Susie gives us some background on her involvement with Meeting for Minds, the Centre for Clinical Research in Neuropsychiatry (CCRN), and the Neuropsychiatric Epidemiology Research Unit (NERU), and how her experience contributes to informing and improving research into mental illness and schizophrenia in particular. Susie was very generous with her time and we hope you enjoy the conversation as much as we did. For more information about meeting for minds: https://meetingforminds.com For more information on the NERU: https://mcusercontent.com/de69743f1f0972cd991e62505/files/60a6d78f-62e0-4398-adb4-11f652c280b8/NERU2020_SPGH_CHSRwebsite_Final.01.pdf For more information on the CCRN: https://www.uwa.edu.au/facilities/centre-for-clinical-research-in-neuropsychiatry As always, if you want to get in touch with the podcast, you can contact us at: meaningofhealth@outlook.com or via twitter @healthmeanswhat