Education

California OnTrack Featured in The Wall Street Journal

Written by Rachael Simonoff Wexler | Dec 22, 2024 4:13:48 AM

A classroom-style treatment teaches patients with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and other illnesses to carry on their lives despite hallucinations and imagined voices.

Noah Hudnut at the recovery house in Los Angeles where he worked after completing treatment at California OnTrack.

Hudnut embracing Brian Stark, executive director of Bridge Recovery Homes in Los Angeles, where Hudnut had lived and later worked.

Jaime Meza at home this summer in Los Angeles County.

Jaime Meza during a workout class this summer at California OnTrack.

Meza showing one of his drawings that reflect his struggle with schizophrenia.

Kyle Menschel, a therapist at California OnTrack, speaking with a co-worker.

A patient at California OnTrack working on a computer to practice recognizing and matching facial expressions.

Noah Hudnut looking out from the balcony of his family‘s house in Los Angeles.

Jaime Meza working on a class assignment at California OnTrack.

Jaime Meza, left, and his mother, Celia Meza, at home in Los Angeles County.

Jaime Meza, right, working on an exercise to better read the expressions of others, under the direction of Arnav Amit, a mental-health technician, at California OnTrack.

Meza, meeting with therapist Kyle Menschel at California OnTrack.