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Podcast: Manic in Miami
Episode: A Kenyan-American Woman's Story: Clairsentience in Psychosis + The Failings of Psychiatry
Description: Trigger warnings: content includes tragic death, suicidality, traumatic experiences in behavioral health and psychiatry.
Some comic relief in a serious episode: my unintentional repetition of "Welcome to my world!". I share some mind-altering experiences and opinions with Alyssa, and I am grateful that she has shared so much for this episode.
Alyssa Otieno is a Kenyan-American woman who has experienced major psychotic episodes of mania and depression that began when she was just entering adulthood. She addresses cultural differences in perspectives on mental health, the ways in which the mental healthcare system as failed her...