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World Service,18 Aug 2000,28 mins

Looking After Mental Health

Everywoman

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An American woman whose life was taken over by involuntary twitching describes how it felt to be defined as 'crazy' before being diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome and OCD. Also on the programme: Is the stigma attached to mental health issues a global problem? Plus, the extraordinary tale of four Muslim women who ruled Bhopal, India in the Nineteenth Century.

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