

There's a fantastic resource for people who have a teen with mental illness. This guy who had schizophrenia and was hospitalized in a mental institution - till he recovered using orthomolecular medicine - created an amazing comic book about his experience. Check out: Josh Wapp’s Jumping the Fence: A True Story of Breaking Free From the Psychiatric Industry. Comic Book. 2006. Sample thumbnails: http://joshwapp.com/Tricky%20Images/jtfcover.jpg http://joshwapp.com/thumnails/jtf%20p%2001.jpg http://joshwapp.com/thumnails/jtf%20p%2002.jpg “Jumping the Fence is a 32 page comic book about Josh Wapp from Nelson BC, Canada, and his triumph in getting off of psychiatric medications. He was diagnosed with schizophrenia and hospitalized for over 2 months when he was in his late twenties. With the help of Orthomolecular Medicine and Dr. Erik Paterson in nearby Creston, BC, Josh has been able to live a med-free life since…” The comic book can be purchased through Josh (www.joshwapp.com) or from the International Schizophrenia Foundation (www.orthomed.org)
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