Tag: illness
Mental: A History of the Madhouse
Telling the intriguing and poignant story of the closure of Britain's insane asylums.
I Helped My Daughter Die
What drives a mother to help her child die? For ten months, Panorama cameras followed Kay Gilderdale - at the centre of a controversial...
True Crime Charles Whitman
Born on June 24, 1941, in Lake Worth, Florida, Charles Whitman served as a Marine before enrolling in the University of Texas. Suffering from...
The Secret Life Of The Manic Depressive
Stephen embarks on an emotional journey to meet fellow sufferers, and discuss the literal highs and lows of being bi-polar. Stephen Fry presents this...
A Summer in the Cage
A Summer in the Cage is filmmaker Ben Selkow's feature-length documentary chronicling his friend Sam's battle with manic-depressive illness, also known as bipolar disorder....
Queens of Heart
Queens of Heart brings to the screen the first psychological study of drag performance, set in the oldest surviving female impersonation club in the...
Holding the Sun
Holding the Sun is the story of a Canadian family's desperate attempt, over a two-year period, to save their son from schizophrenia. The story...
Up/Down: Bipolar Living
In the documentary "Up/Down: Bipolar Living," the veil is lifted on the intricate world of bipolar disorder through the voices of those intimately acquainted...
The Marketing of Madness: Are We All Insane?
"The Marketing of Madness" stands as a powerful exposé on the unsettling alliance between psychiatry and drug companies, unraveling the intricate web of deception...
Mystery Diagnosis: Cerebrotendinous Xanthomatosis
In the realm of medical mysteries, "Mystery Diagnosis" presents an episode that unravels the enigma of Cerebrotendinous Xanthomatosis (CTX). The narrative follows the journey...
