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Neuroscientist Barbara Lipska shares her powerful story of learning about schizophrenia, the very condition she studied, not only from a scientific perspective, but from her first hand experience with the disease. Lipska was diagnosed early in 2015 with metastatic melanoma in her brain's frontal lobe. As the cancer progressed and throughout treatment , she experienced behavioral and cognitive symptoms connected to a range of mental disorders, including schizophrenia and mania.
Miraculously, Lipska returned to normal functioning and wrote a book “The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind: My Tale of Madness and Recovery” about the experience.
In this episode, we discuss:
* What it means to lose your mind
* Barbara Lipska's story of mental illness
* The stigma around mental illness and mental health
* Why Lipska asserts that mental illness a physical issue
*What we can learn from brushes with insanity
* Lipska's advice for people who are experiencing mental illness -- or the loved ones who care for them
If you are experiencing mental illness, visit https://www.samhsa.gov/ to find facilities and programs in the United States or U.S. Territories for mental and substance use disorders.
Learn more about Barbara Lipska: https://www.barbaralipska.com/bio
Read the book, The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind!
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Neuroscientist Barbara Lipska shares her powerful story of learning about schizophrenia, the very condition she studied, not only from a scientific perspective, but from her first hand experience with the disease. Lipska was diagnosed early in 2015 with metastatic melanoma in her brain's frontal lobe. As the cancer progressed and throughout treatment , she experienced behavioral and cognitive symptoms connected to a range of mental disorders, including schizophrenia and mania.
Miraculously, Lipska returned to normal functioning and wrote a book “The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind: My Tale of Madness and Recovery” about the experience.
In this episode, we discuss:
* What it means to lose your mind
* Barbara Lipska's story of mental illness
* The stigma around mental illness and mental health
* Why Lipska asserts that mental illness a physical issue
*What we can learn from brushes with insanity
* Lipska's advice for people who are experiencing mental illness -- or the loved ones who care for them
If you are experiencing mental illness, visit https://www.samhsa.gov/ to find facilities and programs in the United States or U.S. Territories for mental and substance use disorders.
Learn more about Barbara Lipska: https://www.barbaralipska.com/bio
Read the book, The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind!
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