Many heads are now coming together to improve the lives of those who experience schizophrenia. Join Lynne Malcolm for this public discussion on art, science and schizophrenia.
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/allinthemind/art2c-science-and-schizophrenia/4340806
Is there anything different about the brains of extraordinary creative geniuses like Michelangelo, Coleridge or Mozart? World renowned psychiatrist and doctor of English Renaissance Literature Dr Nancy Andreasen unravels the ‘creative brain’ and explores how we can foster creativity in ourselves and throughout our society.
A talk by Tim Morton at East Michigan University, March 15, 2012. And Q&A with Eileen Joy and Jeffrey Cohen. Part of the JNT Dialogue series.
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How Schizophrenia Works — Up to 24 million people worldwide have schizophrenia. Despite the vast amounts of research, the disorder remains mysterious. In this episode, Josh and Chuck delve into the nature of schizophrenia, from the history of the disorder to the latest research.
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Eleanor Longden started to hear voices in her head when she was at university and was diagnosed as a schizophrenic - a label she totally rejects. Now she is a high achieving academic. What started the voices and how did she get to a point where she not only lives happily with the voices that still exist but also works with others who have the same experience? With contributions from writer Graham Linehan and comedian Josie Long.
Producer: Laura Parfitt and Simon Jacobs An Unique production for BBC Radio 4
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I saw the film "Live Freaky! Die Freaky!" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0197633/ so I had to make a podcast about Those Wacky Mansons.
Another rant by Frances E Dec, courtesy of Bento and Starchky’s Francis E Dec Fanclub. http://www.bentoandstarchky.com/dec/intro.htm
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John Wray reads the first chapter of Lowboy, the story of a sixteen-year-old paranoid schizophrenic who has wandered away from the mental hospital into the subway tunnels believing that the world will end within a few hours and that only he can save it.
http://www.kqed.org/arts/programs/writersblock/profile.jsp?essid=24542