27 min listen
Unavailable
Currently unavailable
Poet, peer support worker and advocate: How Amy Willans remade her life after a mental illness diagnosis
Currently unavailable
Poet, peer support worker and advocate: How Amy Willans remade her life after a mental illness diagnosis
ratings:
Length:
27 minutes
Released:
Nov 30, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Amy Willans was a driven nursing student and champion figure skater in 1996 when she became depressed and began to experience paranoid thoughts. She would eventually be hospitalized and diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder. Now a published poet and an acclaimed peer support worker, she talks to Dr. Goldman about living with mental illness and her journey to recovery.
Released:
Nov 30, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (56)
Brain surgeon Henry Marsh reflects on getting cancer: Famed British neurosurgeon and author Dr. Henry Marsh thought he was well-versed in human illness. That is until he was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer and was forced to see things from the patient’s point of view. by White Coat, Black Art