About This Project
Summary
The podcast was designed to educate and raise awareness among the schizophrenia community about key misconceptions, infuse messages of hope that living a full life with schizophrenia is possible, and to fuel understanding among patients, loved ones, and the public. Season 2 highlights people who have found ways to live full lives with schizophrenia, including authors, advocates, musicians, and how they overcame stigma, navigated their diagnosis, and learned about different treatment options.
Goals & Objectives
Unseen & Unheard seeks to dispel these misconceptions, humanize the condition, and grapple with the real challenges those living with schizophrenia may experience, such as discrimination and stigma when seeking care for a serious illness, homelessness, incarceration, substance abuse, and isolation.
Results & Impact
Reached 23.6K+ listeners (287% increase from Season 1); 7.8K+ total downloads; 34% increase U&U Spotify followers; 11.6K+ click-throughs from U&U social posts to H4S.com; 69% of web traffic to H4S.com podcast came from listeners organically searching related SEO terms; 2024 Webby Award finalist
