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Kay Redfield Jamison As mentioned Kay Redfield Jamison did live her life with bipolar disorder. She knew what she was dealing with before she was actually diagnosed at the age of 28. During this time of getting diagnosed the doctors were watching her and researching, while Kay herself was learning about and studying mood disorders. During her time studying this she was also learning how being bipolar was/would affect those who she worked with. [1]

Sources 1. www.goodtherapy.orgOriginal of Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

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In 1958 she married a fellow medical student from America, Emanuel ("Manny") Ross, and moved to the United States. Becoming pregnant disqualified her from a residency in pediatrics, so she took one in psychiatry. After suffering two miscarriages, she had a son, Kenneth, and a daughter, Barbara, in the early 1960s. Her husband requested a divorce in 1979.

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In 1958 she married a fellow medical student from America, Emanuel ("Manny") Ross, and moved to the United States. Becoming pregnant disqualified her from a residency in pediatrics, so she took one in psychiatry. After suffering two miscarriages, she had a son, Kenneth, and a daughter, Barbara, in the early 1960s. Her husband requested a divorce in 1979. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross had a fragile start, in the beginning in life. She was 1 of the triplets weighing only a couple pounds when she was born. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross was the only girl and the other two out of the triples were brothers of hers.

Kübler-Ross developed an interest for medicine at a young age in life, during this she took grief from her father. He stated that she could just be in the business field as a secretary or that she should become a maid as an option. She was defying her family, and made the choice to leave home at an early age, age 16. When this happened she had worked different jobs, while being a volunteer during World War II. Her Volunteering included helping in hospitals and caring for the refugees. Kübler-Ross's volunteering continued after the war in numerous war-torn communities. [2]

References

2. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross. (2016, June 27). Retrieved May 01, 2017, from http://www.biography.com/people/elisabeth-kubler-ross-262762

  1. ^ www.goodtherapy.org
  2. ^ "Elisabeth Kubler-Ross". Biography.com. Retrieved 2017-05-01.