Dr. Michael Eleff, a senior psychiatrist in the Schizophrenia Treatment and Education Program of the Health Sciences Centre in Winnipeg, is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Manitoba. He describes his career, his work with families and individuals recovering from schizophrenia and psychotic disorders, and how he emphasizes respect, caring, relationships and hope in promoting recovery. He identifies challenges to recovery, to mental healthcare services and to family caregivers that arise when access to treatment is delayed instead of early. He describes the ways in which
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