she publicly revealed her illiteratesness iillness in 200. she is a professor at the university of southern california and sacks institute of mental institute ethics at uca. joining mor three scientists who performed cutting edge research into the biology of mental illness. jeffrey leashman studied related psychotic disorders. he's a professor at columbia university and director of the new york state psychiatric institute. stevestephen warren his research helped isolate the gene responsible for fragilelick syndrome. he's studying the basis of major psychiatric disorders. helen mayberg, her research uses scanning technology to isolate the brain regions involved in clinical depression. she's performed studies that illustrate the positive effects of deep brain stimulatioon depressed patients. once again mine cohost is dr. eric kandel. as you know he is a noble laureate, a professor at columbia university and a howard hughes medical investigator. so i am pleased to sort of begin this conversation in this sense for reasons you will tell us, this i