Mysteries of Mental Illness
The attempts across generations to unravel the mysteries of mental illness, including its causes and treatments.
- 2021-2021
- 1 season
- PBS
- Documentary
The attempts across generations to unravel the mysteries of mental illness, including its causes and treatments.
Season 1 Episode Guide
4 Episodes 2021
Episode 1
Evil or Illness?
Tue, Jun 22, 2021 54 mins
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 54 mins
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 54 mins
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 54 mins
Cutting-edge treatments for mental illness; profiles of patients undergoing deep brain stimulation surgery, infusions of ketamine and modern electro-convulsive therapy.
