Understanding mental illness and schizophrenia
Although mental illnesses severely affect thoughts, moods, and coping abilities, a fulfilling life is still possible for people who face those challenges. Outlining the symptoms and possible causes of schizophrenia, clinical depression, and bipolar ...
Inside out: going to extremes
David Myers refers to depression as the "common cold of psychological disorders." This program looks at the two major categories of mood disorders - depression and bipolar disorder - and at the cluster of psychoses known as schizophrenia. The very p...
Not just a bad day: living with bipolar disorder
To the outsider, Mike, Erin, and Martha appear to have little in common, but they are all living under the shadow of one of the most commonly misunderstood and misdiagnosed mental illnesses - bipolar disorder. Not Just a Bad Day challenges the ster...
Not just a bad day: living with bipolar disorder
To the outsider, Mike, Erin, and Martha appear to have little in common, but they are all living under the shadow of one of the most commonly misunderstood and misdiagnosed mental illnesses - bipolar disorder. Not Just a Bad Day challenges the stere...
Bipolar: Life Between Two Extremes
Miami Airport, December 7, 2005: a jet passenger begins yelling about a bomb threat and bolts for the door. Refusing to comply with two U.S. marshals, he is eventually shot to death. The cause of his outburst—bipolar disorder, not terrorism—come...