Channel N - Coming Out as Mad

Nice talk by Kay Redfield Jamison (from 2008) on what life is like after one admits publicly to mental health issues.

Coming Out as Mad

By Sandra Kiume
July 20, 2009

Writing About Madness: Life After Public Disclosure of Mental Illness

Another great talk by Kay Redfield Jamison, bipolar expert and author. Here she describes reactions and support she experienced after publishing An Unquiet Mind, coming out as a person with a bipolar disorder. The talk has a focus on education, describing challenges for herself and other people with neurocognitive impairment from bipolar. There is some audience Q&A. A podcast preview is available.

Producer: Psychiatry Grand Rounds from the the Semel Institute at UCLA	Featuring: Kay Redfield Jamison, Peter Whybrow
Format: Quicktime for iPhone	Date: 06/11/08
Length: 00:57:59
http://www.psychiatrygrandrounds.com/index08fall.html

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