Interview with Psychiatrist and Author Kay
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Kay Redfield Jamison is an authority on manic- depression and suicide.
Her book, "Night Falls Fast: Understanding Suicide" is now
out in paperback She is also the author of "Touched with Fire:
Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament." Jamison
disclosed her own 30-year battle with manic-depression in the memoir,
"An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness." Jamison
is Professor of Psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins University School of
Medicine.
"The Bipolar Child" - a talk with
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The program begins with comments from host Dr. Fred Goodwin. He observes
that bipolar disorder, also called manic depressive illness, is under
diagnosed and under treated among adults. For children with this disorder,
the problem is even more daunting. Dr. Goodwin's guests include Dr.
Dimitri Papalos and his wife Janice Papalos, authors of The Bipolar
Child. He also speaks with a 14-year old bipolar patient and his mother.
"Raising a Bipolar Child" - a talk
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Just how common is bipolar disorder in children? According to the American
Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, up to one third of the nearly
three million children with depression in the US may actually be experiencing
the early onset of bipolar disorder. The Health Show's Glenn Busby looked
into the latest research on bipolar kids with the authors of the new
book "The Ups and Downs of Raising a Bipolar Child".
Bebe Moore Campbell, author of "Sometimes
my Mommy Gets Angry."
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Award-winning author Bebe Moore Campbell talks with NPR's Tavis Smiley
about her new book for children, Sometimes My Mommy Gets Angry, which
helps children understand bipolar disease [and mental illness]. The
author is also a founding member of the National Alliance for the Mentally
Ill in Inglewood, Calif.
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information on ordering "Sometimes my Mommy Gets Angry",
please see our Recommended Books section.
Electroboy (an autobiography) - interview
with author Andrew Behrman
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During the 1990s, Andrew Behrman was a successful art dealer, traveling
around the world making deals. He perpetrated a famous art deal and
was convicted of fraud -- the whole time, suffering from bipolar disorder.
To cure himself he underwent Electro Convulsive Therapy. Jacki talks
with Behrman, about his new memoir Electroboy. (Random House, 2002).
A Profile of Pete Fromm, Author of "How
This All Started" Play
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William Marcus of Montana Public Radio profiles Pete Fromm author of
"How All This Started", his latest book. The book describes
the heart-wrenching struggles of a family dealing with manic depression,
and the intuitive bond between a brother and his sister.
Dr. Xavier Amador Play
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Dr. Amador gives a presentation on his book "I Am Not Sick! I Don't
Need Help!" This highly-recommended book (used by many schizophrenia.com
members) explains why the mentally ill can't understand that they're
sick, and how family members can help them accept treatment.
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book "I Am Not Sick!" please see our Recommended Books
section.
"Food and Loathing" - a talk with
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Award-winning poet, former book editor, and literary agent Betsy Lerner
shares her memoir of her decades-long struggle with bipolar disorder
and lifelong compulsive overeating.
Author Victoria Secunda - author of "When
Madness Comes Home"
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An NPR Interview with Victoria Secunda, Author, When Madness Comes
Home: Help and Hope for the Families of the Mentally Ill [Hyperion,
1998] - Victoria's sister has been diagnosed as manic-depressive, paranoid
schizophrenic. Families often feel responsible for mentally ill relatives,
but feel powerless to help them. Guests include: Eleanor Owen - Founding
board member, National Alliance for the Mentally Ill - Founding member
and Executive Director, Washington Advocates for the Mentally Ill -
Sibling, father, son and niece are mentally ill. The Capitol Hill shootout
focused national attention on the illness that Russell Weston was diagnosed
with -- paranoid schizophrenia. In the days following the shooting,
Weston''s parents apologized for the violent act their son is accused
of committing.
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the book "When Madness Comes Home", please see our Recommended
Books section.
The Outsider: A Journey Into My Father's
Struggle with Madness
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An interview with Nathaniel Lachenmeyer, who has written the book"The
Outsider: A Journey Into My Father's Struggle with Madness." His
father, Charles, was a professor of sociology who lived a normal suburban
life withhis family until the onset of schizophrenia. The disease destroyed
his life: he lost his job, his family, and ended up homeless. Nathaniel
corresponded with his father until it became too difficult to continue.
After learning of his father's death in 1995, he decided to find out
what happened to him. In Nathaniel's book, "through interviews
with family, friends, former colleagues and medical personnel, Lachenmeyer
constructs a heartrending portrait of a man whose emotional illness
eventually robbed him of everything, counterbalanced in part by the
author's gradual understanding of the plight of homeless people, who
are often the victims of madness and misfortune." (Pubhlisher's
Weekly).
For more information on ordering
the book "The Outsider", please see our Recommended Books
section.
New Pills for the Mind - A talk with author
Samuel Barondes, MD
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Most of the psychiatric drugs we use today are refinements of drugs
whose value for mental disorders was discovered by accident decades
ago. Now we can look forward to a more rational way to design psychiatric
drugs. It will be guided by the identification of the gene variants
that predispose certain people to particular mental disorders such as
schizophrenia or severe depression. Dr. Samuel Barondes, author of "Better
Than Prozac: Creating the Next Generation of Psychiatric Drugs,"
presents.
For more information on ordering the book "Better
than Prozac: Creating the Next Generation of Psychiatric Drugs",
please see our Recommended Reading section.
Human Behavior and Evolution Society - a talk
with author Matt Ridley
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Matt Ridley presents his latest book "Nature Via Nurture : Genes,
Experience, and What Makes Us Human". Genes are not puppet masters
or blueprints. Nor are they just the carriers of heredity. They are
active during life; they switch each other on and off; they respond
to the environment. They may direct the construction of the body and
brain in the womb, but then they set about dismantling and rebuilding
what they have made almost at once—in response to experience. They
are both cause and consequence of our actions. Somehow the adherents
of the "nurture" side of the argument have scared themselves
silly at the power and inevitability of genes and missed the greatest
lesson of all: the genes are on their side.
For more information on ordering
the book "Nature Via Nurture", please see our recommended
books section.
Nancy Andreasen, PhD - Understanding
the Mind and Brain, and Mental Illness
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Neuroimaging studies are unlocking some of the secrets of the human
brain, from schizophrenia to emotions to consciousness. In this hour,
broadcasting from Iowa City, we'll talk with Nancy Andreasen and Antonio
Damasio--two of the world's leading brain scientists and professors
at the University of Iowa--about advances in understanding the brain
and the mind. More
information on Dr. Nancy Andreasen
Interview with Keith Hawton (Oxford Centre
for Suicide Research) on Suicide and Self-Harm Play
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Professor Keith Hawton is Director of the University of Oxford Centre
for Suicide Research. He has been working in the field of research into
suicide and deliberate self-harm for more than 25 years. His work has
resulted in over 200 publications, including several books. His most
recent book is The International Handbook of Suicide and Attempted Suicide.
In this interview, Dr. Hawton discusses the work of the Centre for Suicide
Research, the common risk factors (the largest of which is psychiatric
disorder) for suicide, the role of biology and environment (for example,
media influence) on suicidal behavior, and various other issues relating
to self-harm.
