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The Heard - Our Speakers' Bureau
Meet Lizzie Simon
When Lizzie Simon was diagnosed with bipolar disorder at the age of seventeen, she thought she had reached a dead end. At that time there was little information available for her and her family. They suffered threefold together: because of the illness, because of the mental health care system, and because of the myths and misinformation about mental illness in American culture. At the age of 23, Lizzie traveled across the country to interview people with bipolar disorder who had successfully managed the disorder. She wanted to write the very book that she and her family desperately needed when she was seventeen. |
Lizzie Simon
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| Since the publishing of DETOUR: MY BIPOLAR ROAD TRIP IN 4-D, Lizzie has appeared on CNN, Fox, NBC, NPR, the New York Post, The Saturday Evening Post, and Nylon Magazine. She has traveled the country to speak to wide-ranging audiences about mental health. Lizzie also co-produced the MTV documentary True Life: I'm Bipolar, and has written mental health pieces for Time, CosmoGirl, and BP magazines. She is a founding member of the Leadership 21 Committee of the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law. |
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