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A podcast about psychosis, care, and recovery
Conversations with people with lived experience, families, and clinicians about what psychosis can feel like, what support helps, and how to respond with dignity.
Latest Episode
A first episode about language, uncertainty, and the kinds of support that make the first stretch less isolating.
A careful introduction to early psychosis: what people may notice, why arguments often fail, and how families and care teams can stay connected.
Connection before correction, family communication, early intervention, and practical support planning.
Pair the episode with the family conversation guide and the support plan template.
How families can respond with steadiness while respecting autonomy and dignity.
A conversation about hearing voices, stigma, culture, and supports that fit.
Practical ways to coordinate care without flattening the person at the center.
The Approach
Understanding Psychosis is built for the moment when people need steadier language. The show brings lived experience, family perspective, and clinical insight into the same conversation.
Less fear, better questions, and more room for people to be heard.
What each episode includes
The site is organized around the listening journey: hear the episode, scan the transcript, make useful visuals, and move into the right resource without hunting.
Episode pages can pair audio, transcripts, and plain-language takeaways so listeners know where to begin.
Listeners can paste a passage and get a simple visual map for the idea, skill, or support theme inside it.
Resources, contact paths, and guest suggestions stay close to the content instead of feeling like an afterthought.
Transcript Studio
Resources & Support
Start with safety, then look for care that is coordinated, respectful, and built around the person's goals. This page is not a substitute for medical care, but it is designed to help listeners know what to ask for and where to begin.
If there is immediate danger, call emergency services. In the U.S., call or text 988 for mental health crisis support, or use 988 chat.
Use crisis lines, urgent care, and a simple plan: who to call, where to go, what helps, and what makes things worse.
Ask for coordinated specialty care, CBTp-informed therapy, medication support, peer support, and family education.
Look for support with school, work, benefits, housing, friendships, routines, and community belonging.
Showing 24 resources.
For suicidal thoughts, emotional crisis, substance-use distress, or concern about someone else in the U.S. Call, text, or chat 988.
Open 988 LifelineA broad U.S. locator for mental health and substance-use services when you need a clinic, program, or treatment provider near you.
Search treatment optionsA national information and referral line for people living with mental health conditions, families, supporters, and friends.
Contact NAMI HelpLineUse this to look for early psychosis and coordinated specialty care programs by state, including services such as therapy, family support, peer support, case management, and work or school help.
Find an early psychosis programA clear overview of symptoms, causes, treatment, and coordinated specialty care. Useful for knowing what to ask a clinic or hospital discharge planner.
Read the NIMH guideA national early psychosis hub with clinic maps, family primers, stigma resources, and links for people seeking specialized early psychosis care.
Open EPINET resourcesA strong example of coordinated specialty care for teens and young adults, with language families can use when looking for similar programs locally.
Visit OnTrackNYStanford's early psychosis clinic describes person-centered care that includes CBTp, social work support, medication management, and vocational or educational support.
See the INSPIRE modelA free education program for family, partners, friends, and supporters that covers communication, crisis planning, local supports, and caring for yourself too.
Find Family-to-FamilyLocal and virtual groups for people living with mental health conditions, plus groups for family members, partners, and friends.
Find a support groupCBTp-informed family training developed with experts and families with lived experience. Especially useful when conversations feel stuck, frightening, or repetitive.
Explore Psychosis REACHListen, Empathize, Agree, Partner is a relationship-first approach for building trust when direct arguing is making things worse.
Learn LEAPShort family-facing videos on communication, reduced insight, voices, delusions, negative symptoms, and effective coping for supporters.
Watch the videosDr. Kate Hardy's Stanford training program explains CBTp and links to fact sheets and implementation resources that help families ask informed questions.
Learn about CBTpA curated library of CBTp websites, handouts, implementation guides, research, and training leads for people trying to understand this therapy model.
Open CBTp resourcesA policy and practice resource supporting routine access to CBTp and CBTp-informed care across behavioral health settings.
Read the implementation guideClubhouses offer community, belonging, friendship, employment support, education support, housing help, and practical recovery opportunities.
Find a clubhousePeer groups for people who hear voices, see visions, or have unusual experiences and want a nonjudgmental space to talk with others.
Find HVN groupsA lived-experience-led nonprofit for students and young adults, with community-building, family cohorts, advocacy, and public education.
Visit Students With PsychosisYouth-centered early psychosis resources, supporter learning materials, provider directories, and public health projects designed with young people in mind.
Open Strong365Education, toolkits, a resource line, peer support groups, family support groups, and advocacy for people affected by schizophrenia and psychosis disorders.
Open S&PAAIndividual Placement and Support helps people with mental health conditions pursue regular competitive work with ongoing support based on their goals.
Learn about IPSGuides, fidelity tools, research summaries, and implementation materials for asking programs how they help with work, school, and sustained support.
Open the IPS libraryFor unstable housing or disability benefit barriers, ask local agencies whether they offer SOAR or SOAR-informed SSI/SSDI application support.
Learn about SOARContact the show