My experience with mental health services is a result of my older son Peter being diagnosed with schizophrenia when he was 19. Peter is now 45 and I count him as a sort of success story,given the seriousness of his condition.
Since those days,Peter has been put on more modern medication. He has gained a university degree in Mathematics (it took 20 years);he works as a teaching assistant in [a university] math department […];he takes benefit from the Centre for the Disabled at that University;he continues his education with law courses;he works as a security guard sometimes;he volunteers for many causes;he lives with a woman who also has schizophrenia;and he counsels and advises other people he knows who have this condition or some similar mental problem. —Carol

