Steve Harrington is a Peer Specialist working with persons
with mental illness at Touchstone innovare. A former lawyer and
consultant, Steve also has built his own path of recovery from schizophrenia and
depression. He is a founder of the National Association of Peer
Specialists (a group of persons with mental illness helping others with mental
illness recover and build a better quality of life). He is also the author
of The Depression Handbook: Advice From A Survivor.
He was invited by the Grand Rapids Press to write an essay
as a guest columnist. His thrust was to show the community several ways
of accepting and loving those who are recovering from mental illness.
We invite you to read his essay, "See
the person behind the illness--me."
From the
An Essay by Steve Harrington