Schizophrenia - What is it? Play video - click here
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On today's webcast, Nathaniel Lachenmeyer -- author of The Outsider: A Journey into My Father's Struggle with Madness -- will share his father's story and discuss schizophrenia with a panel of mental health experts (Dr. Joseph Battaglia of the Bronx Psychiatric Center in New York, and Dr. Anthony Salerno of the Rockland Psychiatric Center, New York). Join us for this unique look at schizophrenia from both medical and personal perspectives.

The Sights and Sounds of Schizophrenia Play audio - click here
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File Date: Aug 2002

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The textbook description of schizophrenia is a listing of symptoms: delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech and behavior. But what does schizophrenia really feel like? NPR's Joanne Silberner reports on a virtual reality experience that simulates common symptoms of the mental illness.

Interview with John Nash on His Schizophrenia Experience Play audio - click here
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Following the release of the movie "A Beautiful Mind," Dr. Dan Gottlieb speaks with the mathematic genius and schizophrenia patient John Nash himself. Nash shares his own experiences with his illness. The host also speaks with Dr. Richard Nackamura, acting director of the National Institute of Mental Health, and Richard C. Josiassen, Ph.D., Executive Director and Chief Scientist of the Arthur P. Noyes Foundation, about current schizophrenia research and treatments.

Suffering From Paranoid Schizophrenia Play audio - click here
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NPR's Tovia Smith profiles a Massachusetts couple whose son suffers from paranoid schizophrenia. The disease, which can cause delusional and violent episodes, is treatable, but it is difficult to force a person to take medication.

Four Lives: Personal Experiences with Mental IllnessPlay audio - click here
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The most gripping and insightful stories of mental illness are those of people who face it each day. They are the everyday heroes who struggle to combat their illness, and work toward recovery. This week on The Infinite Mind, a special presentation, as we feature the remarkable and courageous stories of four people coping with mental illness, whose extraordinary lives and work offer hope and inspiration to all of us. Profiled are: TX State Rep. Garnet Coleman (healthcare advocate and manic-depressive), Meera Popkin (Broadway actress and schizophrenia patient), twin sisters Pam Spiro Wagner and Carolyn Spiro (Pam is a poet with schizophrenia, Carolyn is a psychiatrist).

Struggle With Schizophrenia Play audio - click here
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Popular myths and stereotypes portray people who suffer from [schizophrenia] as violent. Uncontrollable. Unable to live a complete life. For a small minority, that's true. But for most, the diagnosis is quite different. Joe Wklenkski is a graduate student at MIT in nuclear engineering. This fall he is settling into his classes, his room, and research schedule.

Boundaries of Sanity and Madness Play audio - click here
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What are the boundaries, if any, between madness and normality? Host Dr. Raj Persaud talks to Professor Richard Bentall psychologist and author of Madness Explained: Psychosis and Human Nature, who believes that his research shows that we are all mad to varying degrees and that the fear of madness may be a much bigger problem than madness itself. Joining in the debate for the side of biological psychiatry are Dr Peter McKenna, consultant psychiatrist at the Fulbourn Hospital in Cambridge and Peter Chadwick, lecturer in psychology, Birkbeck College and author of Schizophrenia: the Positive Perspective.

Family Turns to Facility for Help With Bipolar Son Play audio - click here
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Last September, Morning Edition aired a story about a 9-year-old boy, Benjamin, with bipolar disorder. His moods and behaviors were unpredictable and changed rapidly throughout the day, and sometimes he was violent. Now 10, Ben is living full-time in a psychiatric facility for boys, where his treatment is designed to moderate his mood swings and teach him how to manage his own behavior. Michelle Trudeau reports.

Inside the Life of a Schizophrenic Play audio - scroll down in new window to find correct date, and click on "listen to show".
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File Source: Healthyplace.com radio
File Date: July 13, 2002

**NOTE about healthyplace.com - this is a commercial site supported largely by advertisers. While the information in these radio programs seem largely unbiased (mainly consist of callers and answers by a host psychiatrist), they contain significantly more advertisment segments than public radio programs.

What it's like living with a brain disorder characterized by delusions, hallucinations, disturbances in thinking and communication…and the increasing social isolation that goes along with it? Hear from schizophrenia patients and their family members (both in-studio guests and callers), as they share their stories, experiences of symptoms, and coping strategies. The professional co-host for the show, answering calls and questions as well as giving information, is Dr. Kristeen Spratley, practicing psychiatrist.