Mental Illness

The Self-Development Center provides a media library of personal growth and academic skills programs available to students, faculty, and staff at George Mason University. Media programs may be used in the Self-Develoipment Center during the hours the Center is open. Faculty and staff at GMU may check out programs overnight or over a weekend. Students may check out programs to use for classroom or group presentations. These programs are not for sale or rent to persons outside of the University. If the program is marked with an asterisk (*), ask the receptionist for the handout or written materials that accompany it.
Multiple Personality Disorder from the Inside Out (own pace)
In this book, 146 persons with multiple personality disorder and their significant others reveal complex issues of diagnosis, therapy, and maintaining personal relationships. (book) 		The Unquiet Mind (3 hr.)
Kay Redfield Jamison, an authority on manic depressive illness, presents a remarkable personal testimony: the revelation of her own struggle with manic-depression, and how it has changed her life (audio)
Schizophrenia (28 min.)
This specially adapted Phil Donohue program offers basic information about schizophrenia. Dr. E Fuller Torrey reviews the suspected causes, symptoms, prognosis for recovery, and the steps to be taken by supportive family members. (video)

For more information about Counseling Center services, call 703-993-2380 or come by the Center in Student Union I, Room 364.

Send comments or questions to webmaster Diane Knight at dknight@gmu.edu. Updated September 7, 2001.