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Dr. Kay Redfield Jamison, psychiatry professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, lived every day with the mania and severe depression that she had studied for years. She talks openly of the challenges she faced with the treatment and disclosure of her mental illness.
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Dr. Stephen McCurdy, UC Davis School of Medicine, presents an overview on acute pesticide illness. Series: UC Grand Rounds Series [2/2008] [Health and Medicine] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 13990]
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Scott Norris, a 1988 psychology graduate, returned to UCSB to talk to Professor David Shermans class about his experience coping with illness. Norris had a cancerous brain tumor removed in 1999. This first hand account added to the learning on stress and coping taught by Sherman. Series: Voices [11/2008] [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 15400]
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It's useful sometimes to see history play itself out as it was happening. In this case, the news coverage of Rock Hudson's "mystery illness." As we now know, he had AIDS, but you can see the hedging that goes on about it.
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College girl Jenny Leshney describes how she found inspiration in the small things after doctors diagnosed her with 3 separate, life-threatening illnesses...all within the past year and a half.
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Addressing some personal messages I've been getting around whether or not someone should transition. Posing the question: Is Being Transgendered A Mental Illness? Also speaking briefly about my experience and feelings on top surgery.