When Quietness Came

An Inspiring Story of Struggle, Set Back, Coming to Terms With and Conquering of Schizophrenia The struggles of a young woman studying neuroscience who, in her final undergraduate year, has a psychotic break, attempts suicide and ends up in hospital. Her efforts to get well and to pursue her PhD are described in this book. Her story is geared to people from a variety of backgrounds. As a neuroscientist, Erin reaches out to the medical community who need to hear this side of the patient. As a schizophrenic, she reaches out to others struggling with this disorder, hoping to draw alongside and offer empathy and hope. Finally, she wants the general public, family and friends of people with schizophrenia to be better able to understand and sympathize with those afflicted. Hear Erin discuss her history at a family conference held by the BC Schizophrenia Society in 2016 Read more