The Young and the Restless Features

Drama Versus Reality: Balancing Entertainment with Education

On the television soap opera, stories are always dramatized to keep viewer attention. Soap operas transport us to a world with characters we love or we despise, wish we could be, or are thankful we are not. They live in a fantasty world we can share in for one hour a day...but what happens when epilepsy becomes a part of it?
Posted: August 29, 2006

Doctor's Viewpoint with Alan Ettinger, MD

The Director of the North Shore-LIJ Comprehensive Epilepsy Center on Long Island joins us to talk about Victor Newman's epilepsy – and compares the storyline with real world diagnosis and treatment options.
Posted: August 29, 2006

Doctor's Viewpoint with John Barry, MD

An Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Studies at Stanford University Medical Center looks at Victor Newman's unusual behavior leading up to his diagnosis of temporal lobe epilepsy. The character's actions, while exaggerated, educates about the link between mood disorders and epilepsy.
Posted: August 29, 2006

An Interview with Lynn Latham, Head Writer of The Young and the Restless

Lynn Latham recently joined The Young and the Restless as head writer. She has given one of her lead characters temporal lobe epilepsy — a first for television. Latham reveals the genesis of the storyline, how she researched epilepsy, and hints at what might lie ahead for Victor and his family.
Posted: August 29, 2006

Reactions to a Soap Opera Story: In the Community and In the Media

The epilepsy community was abuzz with the storyline. How did people react on the Epilepsy Foundation eCommunities and other online websites? Plus, the Epilepsy Foundation and CBS have worked very closely on an extended partnership. Go behind the scenes on how how newspapers and television learned about epilepsy on Y&R.
Posted: August 29, 2006

About CBS Cares

CBS Cares has developed a reputation for embracing often stigmatized and underserved causes, such as HIV/AIDS, Epilepsy, Diversity, Alcohol Abuse, Breast Cancer, Child Abduction, Child Abuse, Colon Cancer, Drug Abuse, Education, Literacy, Menopause, Mental Health, Mentoring, Obesity, Osteoporosis, Prostate Cancer, Violence Prevention, the V-Chip and Women's Heart Disease.
Posted: August 29, 2006