בת'אני ייזר, נשיא המדינה

Bethany Yeiser, BS

בת'אני ייזר, נשיא המדינה
סופר ועורך דין לבריאות הנפש

בת'ני אייזר היא סופרת ותומכת בבריאות הנפש. ספר הזיכרונות שלה Mind Estranged: My Journey from Schizophrenia and Homelessness to Recovery (2014) follows her trajectory from the onset of mental illness, through acute psychosis, homelessness, two brief incarcerations, and full recovery. Her second book Awakenings: Stories of Recovery and Emergence from Schizophrenia was published jointly with Henry Nasrallah, MD, in 2024.

As a motivational speaker, Bethany inspires positive change in the way people diagnosed with schizophrenia are characterized and treated in the health care system and by society. She discusses strategies for effective teamwork among families and health care providers, helping patients develop insight into mental illness, consent to treatment, and achieve the highest possible level of recovery. Bethany also raises awareness of the disproportionately high rate of incarceration of the mentally ill.

Bethany holds a bachelor’s degree in molecular biology from the University of Cincinnati magna cum laude. Today, she is a Visiting Scholar at the University of Cincinnati School of Medicine. She also publishes a blog called Recovery Road on Psychology Today. In July, 2016, she partnered with Dr. Henry Nasrallah, her former psychiatrist, to establish the CURESZ Foundation.

Her other interests include performing classical and popular music on violin, and studying Mandarin Chinese.

Read about Bethany’s journey through schizophrenia to recovery and the founding of the CURESZ Foundation.