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[2013]
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English
Description
In this film High Ground by Michael Brown, eleven veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts, the longest in American history, are invited to overcome the damage to their bodies, minds, and spirits, and climb the 20,000-foot Himalayan giant Mount Lobuche. As the film follows their training and climb, it also explores the illusion of health and the struggle to have less-perceptible conditions like post-traumatic stress disorder treated seriously....
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[2024]
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English
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"A quick and easy way to understand neurodiversity as written by neurodivergent people and our families. Neurodiversity For Dummies is your essential guide in understanding neurodivergent conditions like autism, ADHD, dyslexia, and more. This quick and easy guide is perfect for anyone needing to know more about neurodiversity. And that's all of us— because recent estimates say that 15-20% of the world's population have some form of neurodivergence....
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
It’s estimated that 1 in 50 people in the population have Body Dysmorphic Disorder, a condition that causes you to believe you are horrifically ugly. The film follows 29-year-old Liane and her boyfriend Mitch over a year as Liane starts therapy to try and conquer this crippling condition. Each week Liane meets Professor David Veale, one of the world’s leading experts on BDD, who attempts to undo some of her deeply entrenched habits, often leading...
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Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Melissa, a 26-year-old mother of two, has been battling a painful case of irritable bowel syndrome for the past two years. She's seen all the doctors and had all the examinations, but no one has been able to help her. Can the latest science driving Gut Revolution provide any answers? We follow Melissa over her transformational six-week journey as our team of experts designs an intervention that literally changes her life.
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Language
English
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Schizoaffective disorder is a form of psychosis and a mental illness in which a person experiences a combination of schizophrenia symptoms. People affected often have hallucinations or delusions, as well as mood disorder symptoms such as mania or depression. We meet Lynne Fisher, whose life was turned upside down by the onset of this illness, as she battled through five years of symptoms to find a treatment plan that enables her to live a constructive...
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
If autism has touched your life and you're feeling overwhelmed from confusion and questions, enter the visceral world of Orion Kelly to gain a better understanding and appreciation for how autism feels ... from the perspective of an everyday autistic guy, husband and father to an autistic child.
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
Every year, thousands of teenagers commit suicide. Almost a statistic himself, Patrick Bird survived his attempt and succeeded in turning his life around. Helped along by caring friends and a loving adoptive mother, Patrick moved beyond a childhood blighted by abuse, abandonment, drugs, and crime—as well as a brush with death—to begin a search for identity by reconnecting with his Cree roots and discovering his hidden talents for music and acting....
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
One in 10 American children suffers from a serious emotional disturbance and over 17 million have experienced a psychiatric disorder. Directed by award-winning filmmaker Liz Garbus, A Dangerous Son focuses primarily on three families in crisis, each struggling with a child’s severe mental illness and desperately seeking treatment in the face of limited resources and support. Interspersed with interviews with mental-health experts and advocates—including...
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English
Description
One million Americans are living with Parkinson’s disease. Medications can help with the symptoms and for some patients deep brain stimulation or DBS works to control the tremors. Now doctors are using focused ultrasound to target the area of the brain causing the problems. The challenge doctors are facing is that they have only been able to perform the procedure on one side of the brain meaning the patient would only have improvement on one side...
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