• Hysterical

  • By: SBS
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Hysterical

By: SBS
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  • Why do we know more about some bodies than others, and how do sex and gender shape our experiences navigating Australia’s health system? ‘Hysterical’ is a new podcast series by SBS News, exploring medical misogyny and discrimination in our health system. We explore why women, trans and gender diverse people are more likely to be dismissed for their experiences of pain, as well as barriers around birth trauma, sexual and reproductive health and delayed diagnoses. Follow us on this investigation into Australia’s health system, as we try to answer these questions and more.
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Episodes
  • Hysterical: Fatima found a 'hidden community' of grieving parents after not getting culturally safe support

    Hysterical: Fatima found a 'hidden community' of grieving parents after not getting culturally safe support
    Nov 8 2024
    Fatima El-Assaad lost her daughter Aya in 2021 after she was born still at 27 weeks, but felt like she wasn't given the appropriate support to navigate her grief. It wasn't until Fatima started speaking to other Muslim parents, that she began to recognise a gap in culturally safe bereavement support. In fact, Fatima's advocacy group The Still Nest, contributed one of thousands of submissions to a world-first New South Wales birth trauma inquiry earlier this year - in which the government pledged support for all 43 recommendations. I'm your host Catriona Stirrat and in this episode of 'Hysterical' Fatima shares what she believes needs to change when it comes to healthy conversations around pregnancy loss.
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    15 mins
  • Hysterical: The condition that meant Bianca was disbelieved and made to feel hysterical

    Hysterical: The condition that meant Bianca was disbelieved and made to feel hysterical
    Oct 23 2024
    Bianca Millroy lives with functional neurological disorder, or FND - a condition that encompasses a range of neurological symptoms, including limb weakness, tremor, numbness or blackouts, and related to the movement and sensation parts of the nervous system. In this bonus episode of 'Hysterical', Catriona Stirrat speaks with Bianca who shares how her condition was undiagnosed and untreated for 12 of the 13 years she has lived with FND. Bianca says she was met with disbelief and continued misdiagnosis, until she finally found her voice in an unexpected way.
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    18 mins
  • Hysterical: The 'distressing' gender gap in health Dr Lea Merone didn't expect to confront

    Hysterical: The 'distressing' gender gap in health Dr Lea Merone didn't expect to confront
    Oct 2 2024
    From measuring a woman's health based on her attractiveness, to studies showing women have to prove themselves to be sicker than a man to receive treatment. In this bonus episode of 'Hysterical', Cattriona Stirrat speaks with Dr Lea Merone, a researcher in women's health. She breaks down concepts such as Yentl syndrome and the 'beauty myth', but also shares her own story of confronting the very issues she studies.
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    19 mins

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