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By Rayna Reid Rayford ·Updated June 2, 2023
When April Burrell was 21 years old, the former high school valedictorian and straight-A accounting student at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore developed severe psychosis after a traumatic event. She was then diagnosed with a severe form of schizophrenia, and “[f]or years, she remained trapped in her mind, unable to communicate or take care of herself.”
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