I'm looking at onset age of mental illness (particularly schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder) and ability to attain various levels of achievement.
Dear Melinda,
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Concerning your interest in attained levels of achievement for persons with serious mental illness, I just published a book chapter where I identify some 33 doctoral level mental health professionals who have publicly identified themselves as being in recovery from serious mental illness. The reference is: Frese, F. (2015). Advocacy, stigma, and self-disclosure. In E. Bromet (Ed.), Long-term outcomes in psychopathology research: Rethinking the scientific agenda (pp. 227-237). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Hi Malinda,
I can't find any data to answer your question.
From "A Diagnosis of Mental Illness Need Not End a College Career":
"A recent survey reports that 47% of adults living with schizophrenia drop out of college, compared to the 27% college dropout rate in the U.S. overall. Another study reports that students diagnosed with bipolar disorder are 70% more likely to drop out of college than students with no psychiatric diagnosis..."
http://www.nami.org/Blogs/NAMI-Blog/August-2016/A-Diagnosis-of-Mental-Illness-Need-Not-End-a-Colle#
http://www.nea.org/home/65441.htm
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