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Mysteries of Mental Illness Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
4 Episodes 2021 - 2021
Episode 1
Evil or Illness?
Tue, Jun 22, 2021
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).
Episode 2
Who's Normal?
Tue, Jun 22, 2021
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.
Episode 3
The Rise and Fall of the Asylum
Wed, Jun 23, 2021
The 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.
Episode 4
The New Frontiers
Wed, Jun 23, 2021
Cutting-edge treatments for mental illness; profiles of patients undergoing deep brain stimulation surgery, infusions of ketamine and modern electro-convulsive therapy.
