Celiac Disease Support Group
Celiac disease is an auto-immune disorder of the digestive system that occurs in genetically-predisposed individuals. It is characterised by damage or flattening to all or part of the villi lining the small intestine, which interferes with the absorption of nutrients. This damage is caused by eating anything with gluten (gliadin), a protein found in wheat, rye, and barley...
hey there...i\'d love to know, if you care to share, what a typical day is like for a person with CD? what are the \'standby\' foods that you can always eat? what type of ethnic food (chinese, italian, etc) are the easiest / most challenging? i feel your pain...would like to know more.
doug
doug
October18th, 1946
Jamison is an American psychologist and science writer who is herself affected by manic depression, also known as bipolar disorder.
She is currently Professor of Psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Works include:
"An Unquiet Mind" (autobiography), ISBN 0679763309
"Manic-Depressive Illness" (with Frederick K. Goodwin) ISBN 0195039343
"Touched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament" (1993 (includes a study of Lord Byron, ISBN 068483183X
"Night Falls Fast: Understanding Suicide", ISBN 0375701478
"Exuberance: The Passion for Life" (2004), ISBN 037540144X
Jamison is the recipient of the National Mental Health Association's William Styron Award (1995), the American Suicide Foundation Research Award (1996), the Community Mental Health Leadership Award (1999), and a 2001 MacArthur Fellowhip recipient.
It was mandatory reading when I took a class-- " disability in society".