Bethany Yeiser

Bethany Yeiser is the author of Mind Estranged: My Journey from Schizophrenia and Homelessness to Recovery and an advocate for the mentally ill.

Bethany Yeiser

Bethany Yeiser is the President of the CURESZ Foundation which she co-founded with Dr. Henry Nasrallah in 2016. CURESZ stands for Comprehensive Understanding via Research and Education into SchiZophrenia. She is a motivational speaker and the author of Mind Estranged: My Journey from Schizophrenia and Homelessness to Recovery (released May 31, 2014). Bethany was a scholarship winner, researcher and violinist before she became severely mentally ill and homeless her senior year of college in 2003. She has maintained a high level of recovery for 15 years. Bethany also publishes a blog called "Recovery Road" on PsychologyToday.com. Her second book, Awakenings: Stories of Recovery and Emergence from Schizophrenia was released in February 2024, and authored jointly with Henry Nasrallah, MD.

Mind Estranged

Mind Estranged tells the story of Bethany's life, from her years as a promising university student through her gradual descent into schizophrenia, and unexpected, full recovery. While slowly losing her sanity, she traveled the world. She returned to the U.S. unable to work or study--and soon found herself homeless, delusional, and controlled by voices that talked to her and gave her orders in her mind.

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Flight from Reason

Flight from Reason

A Mother's Story of Schizophrenia, Recovery and Hope was written by Bethany's mom, Karen S. Yeiser, and parallels the timeline of Mind Estranged. Mind Estranged and Flight from Reason are companion books.

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Awakenings

Awakenings tells the stories of 28 remarkable “Survivors,” who are recovered and thriving despite schizophrenia, but their journeys have not been easy. Many suffered from homelessness, repeated hospitalizations, and countless medication trials before finding an effective and life-changing treatment plan. Once they received the optimal treatment, each of them experienced a personal, social and functional “awakening.”

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Bethany is featured in Into the Light, a film which discusses how to achieve Meaningful Recovery from Serious Mental Illness and Schizophrenia with education, medication and advocacy. The film's topics include: barriers to treatment, the under-utilized medication clozapine, and the importance of a supportive community. There are over 25 interviews of patients, parents, leading medical professionals, healthcare professionals and advocates from across the USA.

Bethany began studying violin at age seven. From 1995-1999, she was a member of the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra, which performs in Severance Hall. In 1999, Bethany served as concertmaster of her university’s community orchestra. Following her recovery from schizophrenia, she began performing with other church musicians on violin and viola. On October 25, 2014, Bethany shared her music with a group of psychiatrists and mental health professionals attending a Current Psychiatry magazine conference in Cincinnati.

Performing Schindler's List

NEWS

Check out Bethany's new articles in Schizophrenia Bulletin and The Mighty.

Mind Estranged in the News
Cincinnati Storytellers Video
University of Cincinnati Magazine

Bethany's new article
Early Diagnosis of Schizophrenia may help mitigate negative effects on the brain.

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It is amazing to now read how God was at work.

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