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World Service,08 Apr 2002,24 mins

A Guide To Manic Depression

Health Matters

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A doctor who has bi-polar disorder herself talks about the condition. The programme features an interview with Kay Redfield Jameson, professor of psychiatry at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She treats, researches and writes about manic depression, or bi-polar affective disorder, being a sufferer herself.

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