Mysteries of Mental Illness
The attempts across generations to unravel the mysteries of mental illness, including its causes and treatments.
HDCC
Season 1
4 episodes
- 1. 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).CCJun 22, 2021
- 2. 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.CCJun 22, 2021
- 3. 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.CCJun 23, 2021
- 4. The New FrontiersCutting-edge treatments for mental illness; profiles of patients undergoing deep brain stimulation surgery, infusions of ketamine and modern electro-convulsive therapy.CCJun 23, 2021
Mysteries of Mental Illness
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The attempts across generations to unravel the mysteries of mental illness, including its causes and treatments.
