Between Two Worlds

From Bedside Reading by Bedside Reading Podcast

March 24, 2026 · 36 min · Season 11 · Episode 21

About this episode

The episode features a discussion with Ellen Basuk and Daniel Schoonover about their memoir 'Between Two Worlds', focusing on mental health and recovery.

Send us Fan Mail A warm welcome today to Ellen Basuk and Daniel Schoonover, the authors of Between Two Worlds, a wonderful mother-son memoir of Daniel's mental health difficulties and diagnosis at the age of 19, schizophrenia, and his mum, Ellen, a psychiatrist's approach to enabling Daniel to live a good life and get the support that he needed. It's a book which really made me think a lot about recovery-oriented care, about children who are seen to be different. about the confines of the sch...

People in this episode

Guests: Ellen Basuk, Daniel Schoonover

Topics covered

mental health
schizophrenia
mother-son relationship
recovery-oriented care
support systems

Keywords

mental health
schizophrenia
memoir
recovery
mother-son

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Between Two Worlds