Posts Tagged ‘mental health disorder’
ACLR: What Do We Miss When We Confuse Bad Behavior With Mental Illness?
Welcome back to Applied Curiosity Lab Radio. This week’s thought experiment (aka Curiosity Bite) explores how history influences our ideas of what constitutes mental illness, and how confusing bad ideas with mental illness can lead us astray. Join the community of curiosity seekers. Let us know how you think!
Read MoreACLR 001: Using Curiosity to Identify & Manage Mental Health Disorders with Julie A. Fast
What’s one thing that would surprise you most about mental illness? Expert Julie Fast provides a curious peek inside the world of mental health disorders and provides tips for identifying and managing bipolar disorder and depression. Julie is the author of four of the best selling books on managing mental health disorders, a go-to Hollywood consultant for characters with mental illness (like Claire Danes on Homeland), and an international speaker. Julie’s first hallucination was when she was 16-years old when she heard a voice in the library saying, “You have to leave.”
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