Mysteries of Mental Illness

Season 1

The attempts across generations to unravel the mysteries of mental illness, including its causes and treatments.

Where to Watch Mysteries of Mental Illness • Season 1

4 Episodes

  • Evil or Illness?
    E1
    Evil or Illness?Ancient conceptions of mental illness and the establishment of psychiatry; modern-day stories of mental illness, including an aspiring astrophysicist with schizophrenia a d a boxer with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD).
  • Who's Normal?
    E2
    Who's Normal?The fight to develop mental illness standards rooted in empirical science rather than dogma; how science and societal factors mix with the ever-shifting definitions and diagnoses of mental health and illness.
  • The Rise and Fall of the Asylum
    E3
    The Rise and Fall of the AsylumThe rise and fall of mental asylums in the U.S.; the largest de-facto mental health facility in the U.S., it's detainees and the realities of care both inside and outside.
  • The New Frontiers
    E4
    The New FrontiersCutting-edge treatments for mental illness; profiles of patients undergoing deep brain stimulation surgery, infusions of ketamine and modern electro-convulsive therapy.

 

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