Bipolar Disorder
Dr. Andrew Leuchter, Director of Adult Psychiatry at UCLA, talks about bipolar disorder, explaining the cyclical, up and down nature of the illness. Dr. Leuchter notes that it tends to run in families, then discusses the use of mood stabilizers like...
Windows of Vulnerability
Dr. Andrew Leuchter, Director of Adult Psychiatry at UCLA, talks about times in life (for example, in one's twenties and thirties) when people have what he calls, "a large window of vulnerability" for various illnesses, including bipolar disorder (m...
Suicide (Part One)
Dr. Andrew Leuchter, Director of Adult Psychiatry at UCLA, talks about the increased risk of suicide among those suffering from depression, schizophrenia or bipolar disorder.
Alcohol and Depression
Dr. Andrew Leuchter, Director of Adult Psychiatry at UCLA, talks about the use of alcohol by people who suffer from depression, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
Staying On Medication
Professor of psychiatry and author Kay Redfield Jamison explains that it's very difficult to convince patients to continue with their medications, particularly given the side effects some experience. "I certainly went on and off my medications," Dr....
Onset of manic-depressive Illness
Professor of psychiatry and author Kay Redfield Jamison talks about the sudden onset of severe depression she experienced at age seventeen.
Seductiveness of Mania, The
Professor of psychiatry and author Kay Redfield Jamison explains that the drive to continue experiencing the rush of mania in its early stages is very powerful.
Response From Family
Professor of psychiatry and author Kay Redfield Jamison talks about sharing with her family the manuscript that details her story, because "...it's a genetic illness and I didn't want anybody to...be uncomfortable with the idea at all, because it's ...
Manic Depressive Experiences in College and Beyond
Professor of psychiatry and author Kay Redfield Jamison talks about the episodes of mania and depression she experienced in college, then recalls her years in graduate school as a time of relative stability. All that changed when she began teaching ...
Looking At The Family Tree
Professor of psychiatry and author Kay Redfield Jamison explains that, while she noticed as a child that her father was sometimes very outgoing and at other times profoundly depressed, "...you don't go around when you're a child and an adolescent......