Autor/-in: J. PETERS

J. Peter's battle with schizophrenia began in his last semester of college at New London University. He was discharged from Greater Liberty State Hospital Center in July 2008, after spending six months there. His recovery was swift, but not painless, and certainly difficult. Today, he teaches Family Oriented Therapy to social work students at Fordham University's Lincoln Center campus in Manhattan and blogs daily on his site mentalhealthaffairs.blog and for psychreg.org [http: //psychreg.org/]. Mr. Peters has published several journal articles on recovery and mental health, is a board member of the newspaper CITY VOICES, https: //www.cityvoicesonline.org/ [https: //www.cityvoicesonline.org/], and currently is a member of the CAB committee (Consumer Advisory Board) for the Department of Mental Health and Hygiene in NYC. He also participates regularly with the RAC (Regional Advisory Committee) for the Office of Mental Health (OMH) as a peer advocate.