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Bipolar Beatdown

Bipolar Beatdown

By: Gene I Gorman Gene Gorman
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 A substantive, deep dive into mental illness from the perspective of an award-winning journalist and PhD that has been surviving and sometimes thriving despite a 30-year bipolar diagnosis.2022 Hygiene & Healthy Living Personal Development Personal Success Psychology Psychology & Mental Health
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  • Friends & Lovers (Part 1)

    Friends & Lovers (Part 1)
    Apr 30 2024

    Guest Dr. William O. Selig, a clinical psychologist in San Francisco, and the author of the 2021 book When Your Partner Has Bipolar Disorder: Helping you and your partner build a balanced and healthy relationship. Also features "The Other Woman", a poem by the host/producer, Gene I Gorman, PhD.
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    32 mins
  • A Family Affair

    A Family Affair
    Feb 28 2024
    A Family Affair looks at the innermost circle of one's support network--those on the physical and emotional frontlines. Episode features the Rev. Dr. Mike Tanner, a NAMI volunteer and family facilitator and support specialist. It also includes a brief reflection by Ginny Gorman the host's mother speaking about the first night of his onset in 1991. We conclude with the beginning of "Bipolar Beatdown: A Love Story"--the opening 15 minutes of a teleplay that will be part of an occasional series.
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    44 mins
  • Finding My Religion

    Finding My Religion
    May 24 2023

    We are pleased to welcome Drs. Ed Ergenzinger and Harold G. Koenig for a roundtable discussion of religion and mania. Dr. Ergenzinger is a neuroscientist, patent attorney, and frequent contributor to Psychology Today. Dr. Koenig, a psychiatrist at the Duke University Medical Center for the past 20 years, directs Duke's Center for the Study of Religion/Spirituality and Health. 
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    39 mins
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