Schizophrenia
A blueprint for recovery

Milt Greek
PO Box 475, Athens Ohio 45701
info@schizophreniablueprint.com
 

About Milt Greek

While attending college in the early and mid 1980s, Milt Greek developed paranoid schizophrenia. At first resistant and hostile to medical treatment, he recognized his need for medication in the spring of 1987. Once stabilized, Milt was able to finished degrees in Psychology and Sociology. However, with his instability casting a shadow over his college performance, he was unable to find work until he retrained in computer programming. He has been employed as a full time computer programmer since September of 1989.

In 1996, Milt began a relationship with the woman who is now his wife, and with her support and understanding he has been able to understand the relationship between the delusions he experienced and his actual reality. In addition to his everyday activities, Milt has founded a schizophrenic peer support group and has volunteered with a couple of schizophrenics in acute psychosis to try to return the tremendous kindness and generosity of spirit that has made his new life possible.

Milt began to speak on schizophrenia in 2001, and has developed a guidebook (Schizophrenia: A Blueprint for Recovery) and a series of talks detailing his understanding of schizophrenia. In 2007, he delivered a series of six talks to mental health professionals on the subject. In 2008, he spoke at the NAMI national conference in Orlando, Florida and in 2009 he spoke at the NAMI Ohio conference in Columbus, Ohio.

At the same time that Milt has been speaking on schizophrenia, crisis intervention, and recovery, he has been active in his local community. Milt has volunteered in various areas of his community and, in 2006, initiated formation of and acted as spokesperson and treasurer for a community political action committee. Milt then acted as co-campaign manager and volunteer coordinator during a successful mayoral primary election. A year after a successful general election, Milt began to help to organize quarterly town hall meetings.

Reactions to Milt’s talks on schizophrenia have been very positive, but his ability to distribute this information to a larger audience is limited by his full time job and other community obligations. In response to these reactions, Milt’s talks were videotaped in 2009 and this website was developed to allow more people to review the “Blueprint for Recovery” information.