True stories are more bizarre than any fiction, and Dr. Gary Small knows this best. After thirty distinguished years of psychiatry, Small has seen it all and during this lecture he opens his office doors for the first time to tell all about the most mysterious, intriguing and bizarre patients of his career.
Often funny, sometimes tragic, and always compelling, Dr. Small takes you on a tour of his career that moves from the halls of a crowded inner-city Boston emergency room to the multi-million dollar ski lodges of the nation’s elite. In between, he introduces a strange cast of true-life characters and conditions, while dealing with secret double lives, a man convinced that his penis is shrinking, and frighteningly psychotic romantic desires. His career and personal life come full circle when his own mentor becomes his patient, making Small realize that no one is beyond mental exploration — not even himself.
About Dr. Gary Small
Dr. Gary Small is Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the UCLA Center on Aging at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior. He is also professor of psychiatry at UCLA's David Geffen School of Medicine. His research, supported by the National Institutes of Health, has made headlines in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and USA Today. Scientific American magazine named him one of the world’s leading innovators in science and technology. Small lectures throughout the world and frequently appears on The Today Show, Good Morning America, PBS, and CNN. He has written five books, including the New York Times bestseller The Memory Bible.
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