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Minerva Contreras: How Do You Lose a Mind?

June 14, 2019

After seeing her dad lose control of his mind, art student Minerva Contreras decides to study the brain, in hopes of understanding him.

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In Psychiatry Tags Minerva Contreras, fathers, mental health, psychiatry, schizophrenia, Season 9, Mexico, SACNAS

Audrey Kearns: Fighting a Dragon

May 23, 2019

Audrey Kearns' big opportunity to appear as a panelist at a "nerd-convention" turns disastrous when she has an unexpected reaction to a new antidepressant.

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In Psychiatry Tags Audrey Kearns, Season 9, mental health, psychiatry, pharmaceuticals, depression

Emily Yarrison: No Ward for Sad Ladies

May 17, 2019

Emily Yarrison survives her suicide attempt and has to ask herself a whole new set of questions.

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In Psychiatry Tags Emily Yarrison, mental health, Season 9, depression, suicide, psychiatry

Mike Brown: Best Seat in the House

May 17, 2019

After passing out on the NYC subway, comedian Mike Brown is forced to take a deeper look at his mental health.

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In Psychiatry Tags Mike Brown, comedy, mental health, depression, psychiatry, Season 9

Jacqueline Trumbull: Psychological Skydiving

December 14, 2018

Jacqueline Trumbull is preparing for a career in research psychology when she gets a call from a casting agent for The Bachelor.

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In Psychiatry, Social Sciences, Psychology Tags Jacqueline Trumbull, TV, reality TV, The Bachelor, psychiatry, psychology, graduate school, relationships, love, Season 8

Sarah Pearl: Don't Panic

February 16, 2018

Comedian Sarah Pearl checks into a psychiatric hospital after having suicidal thoughts.

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In Psychology, Health and Medicine Tags Sarah Pearl, mental health, psychiatry, depression, comedy

Rachel Yehuda: Cause and Effect

September 23, 2016

To discover why some survivors of trauma experience PTSD and some don't, scientist Rachel Yehuda must convince a community of Holocaust survivors to let her study them.

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In Psychiatry Tags Rachel Yehuda, psychiatry, research, trauma, PTSD, Holocaust, Cleveland, Judaism, pregnancy, women in STEM

Carl Hart: My Cousin's Meds

May 26, 2015

When neuroscientist Carl Hart meets with his cousin he wonders about what he now knows about psychiatric medication and society, and whether his own life is a success.

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Tags Carl Hart, neuroscience, psychiatry, medicine, pharmaceuticals, season 5

Jack El-Hai: Too Close To The Subject

April 23, 2014

Writer Jack El-Hai worries about his own state of mind when he spends time in the files of the psychiatrist who examined Nazi leaders.

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Tags Jack El-Hai, season 4, psychiatry, journalism

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