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Season 1 - Episode 46 - Lynn Nanos shares her advocacy, research and rational for her book and mental health reform

Lynn Nanos is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker in her eleventh year as a full-time mobile emergency psychiatric clinician in Massachusetts. After graduating from Columbia University with a Master of Science in Social Work, she worked as an inpatient psychiatric social worker for approximately seven years. She is an active member of the National Shattering Silence Coalition that advocates for the seriously mentally ill population. She serves on its Interdepartmental Serious Mental Illness Coordinating Committee committee and co-chairs its Blog committee. 

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42196913-breakdown 

Quora answers to psychiatric questions: https://www.quora.com/profile/Lynn-Nanos-2

Her book, “BREAKDOWN: A CLINICIAN'S EXPERIENCE IN A BROKEN SYSTEM OF EMERGENCY PSYCHIATRY: SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS REFORM BOOK”

She’s written several articles, done research on the seriously mental ill patients experiencing major psychosis, and those that are unaware they have anything wrong with their brain function. The condition of not being aware is called anosognosia, it’s discussed in her book.

Website: https://lynnnanos.com/

Book on Amazon: Buy Now

National Shattering Silence Coalition: Read Now

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