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Mind Estranged: My Journey from Schizophrenia and Homelessness to Recovery is Bethany Yeiser's memoir about severe mental illness, social disconnection, homelessness, hospitalization, and recovery. Published in 2014, the book is a first-person account rather than a clinical manual, but it is closely connected to public education about schizophrenia as a medical brain disorder. Yeiser describes the disruption of a promising academic life, the gradual loss of insight during untreated psychosis, years of estrangement from family and ordinary social structures, and the eventual return to stability after diagnosis and effective treatment. Its purpose is twofold: to document the internal experience of schizophrenia in a way outsiders can understand, and to challenge the assumption that severe schizophrenia always prevents meaningful recovery. The memoir is especially notable because Yeiser later became an advocate through the CURESZ Foundation, linking her personal narrative to broader questions about treatment access, stigma, family involvement, and the underuse of effective interventions.