Our conversation chronicled her experience of witnessing and managing her son’s struggles with schizophrenia. She highlighted the long prodrome of adolescent behavioural and mood changes which she pointed out typifies the onset of the illness in boys as opposed to girls.

She discussed many of the other early indicators of the illness which the family and his teachers normalised and explained away as adolescent adjustment, and these included social isolation, paranoid and grandiose ideas, odd behaviours.

We also discussed the progression of Ben’s illness as he performed poorly academically and dropped out of school, and as he struggled to maintain his family relationships and friendships.

Today's chat is with Randye Kaye- an actress, broadcaster, author and singer, with credits that include 20 years as a Connecticut radio personality (STAR 99.9, WSHU, and her podcast The Life Talk Show), and theatre appearances in NYC and Connecticut. Favorite stage roles include Broadway Bound (Kate), Momoirs (original production with Theatre Artists Workshop), Nunsense 1 and 3 (Sr. Robert Anne, directed by Danny Goggin), Into the Woods (Baker's Wife) and Guys and Dolls (Adelaide), Randye does voice-over and on-camera work in commercials, corporate film, telephony and audiobooks. She is the author of Ben Behind His Voices: One Family's Journey from the Chaos of Schizophrenia to Hope, and was nominated for a Listen Up! Award for the audiobook version. www.randyekaye.com