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As a graduate student, Karen Glumm experienced two grand mal seizures and was placed on medication. After months of reading, Glumm realized she had experienced partial seizures as a child, but had accepted them as a regular fact of life and not a serious medical condition. This acceptance stemmed from her alcoholic parent's coping strategy of hiding deficiencies and deviations from normal behavior in order to continue drinking. Glumm mirrored this in her behavior regarding the new and confusing seizures she experienced.In this medical biography, Glumm relates her erratic behavior as an undiagnosed epileptic, a gradual acceptance of the condition, and her hard-won success as a college student and Ph.D. with humor and honesty.
Karen Glumm, Ph.D. is a social science faculty member at North Carolina School of Science and Math in Durham, NC. Her current research concerns the connection between state psychiatric hospital deinstitutionalization and the increasing prison population.
Part 1 Prologue- Definitions/DescriptionsPart 2 IntroductionChapter 3 Noticing the Epileptic - 1991Chapter 4 Enter Historical Diagnosis: Flashback - 1978-1991Chapter 5 Imprisoned in the Mind - 1991-2001Chapter 6 Challenging the Spirit - 5/2001-9/2001Chapter 7 Facing the Skeletons in the Closet - Early Fall 2001Chapter 8 Releasing An Imprisoned Spirit - Fall 2001Chapter 9 Learning to Laugh - Mid-late Fall 2001Chapter 10 Epileptic Zoo - Late Fall 2001Part 11 SummaryPart 12 EpiloguePart 13 Appendix One- Annual Seizure Report and AccomplishmentsPart 14 Appendix Two- Personal Seizure DescriptionPart 15 GlossaryPart 16 References
Jóhanna Kristín Birnir, Jóhanna Kristín Birnir, Buffalo) Birnir, Johanna Kristin (Associate Professor, State University of New York, Johanna Kristin Birnir