Phantoms in the Brain

Dramatic stories of patients and their doctors, exploring the nature of physical and mental health.

Radio 4,4 episodes

Episodes

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‘Is back pain a transmissible disease?' - Dan’s story
Dan lives with agonising back ache, until a pilot study into pain transforms his life.
27 Dec 2022,28 mins
'My mind keeps saying to me I was dead' – Daljit’s story
How did Kirsty suddenly become paralysed when there’s nothing physically wrong with her?
20 Dec 2022,28 mins
‘I'm tired of feeling a prisoner to my thoughts’ – Moksha’s story
The doctor with OCD so extreme he drives 50 miles every day just to use the toilet at home
13 Dec 2022,28 mins
'I am not mentally sick' – Hannah’s story
How psychiatric symptoms, like psychosis and paranoia, may not be all in the mind.
06 Dec 2022,28 mins