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- Synopsis
- Series looking at a year in the life of a community mental health team based in South London.
1 (director Lorraine Heggessey): Follows a young black man with a history of paranoid schizophrenia who appears to be managing well in his own flat, but is forcibly committed to a psychiatric hospital. Shows the distressing side effects of anti-psychotic drugs used to treat paranoid schozophrenia and examines the issues involved in compulsory treatment.
2: Shows an experiment to increase support to patients with severe, long-term mental illness. A young schizophrenic man is being cared for by his elderly mother, but is family care and concern asways the best thing?
3 (producer Louise Norman): A woman who suffers from manic deepression is repeatedly admitted to hospital. Attempts are made to break the cycle of manic highs, but how will the medication affect her personality?
4: A hospital patient who is believed to be a victim of drug-taking is found to suffer from schizophrenia.
5: Explores the situations of three women suffering from depression.
6: Using the examples of a man tomented by delusions and a woman suffering from dementia, looks at the dilemmas that arise when deciding whether a psychiatric hospital or life in the community is best for the patient. - Series
- States of Mind, Series
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 6 x 30 min.
- Year of production
- 1995
- Availability
- Sale; 1996 sale: £65.00 (+VAT +p&p) each 1996 sale: £180.00 (+VAT +p&p) series
- Notes
- Broadcast on BBC2 from 25/4/95.
- Subjects
- Psychiatry
- Keywords
- community care; dementia; depression - medical; psychiatric hospitals; schizophrenia
Credits
- Producer
- Anne Laking
Sections
- Title
- Whose mind is it anyway?
- Synopsis
- 1 (director Lorraine Heggessey): Follows a young black man with a history of paranoid schizophrenia who appears to be managing well in his own flat, but is forcibly committed to a psychiatric hospital. Shows the distressing side effects of anti-psychotic
- Title
- Family affair, A
- Synopsis
- 2: Shows an experiment to increase support to patients with severe, long-term mental illness. A young schizophrenic man is being cared for by his elderly mother, but is family care and concern asways the best thing?
- Title
- Acute face
- Synopsis
- 3 (producer Louise Norman): A woman who suffers from manic deepression is repeatedly admitted to hospital. Attempts are made to break the cycle of manic highs, but how will the medication affect her personality?
- Title
- Taking the tablets
- Synopsis
- 4: A hospital patient who is believed to be a victim of drug-taking is found to suffer from schizophrenia.
- Title
- Crying for help
- Synopsis
- 5: Explores the situations of three women suffering from depression.
- Title
- Asylum: haven or hell
- Synopsis
- 6: Using the examples of a man tomented by delusions and a woman suffering from dementia, looks at the dilemmas that arise when deciding whether a psychiatric hospital or life in the community is best for the patient.
Production Company
- Name
BBC Television
Distributor
- Name
BBC Active Video for Learning - now BBC Learning
- Contact
- Carolina Fernandez Jeremy Wilcox (CF - for educational enquiries JW - channel sales manager)
- BBCStudiosLearning@bbc.com
- Web
- https://www.bbcstudioslearning.com/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- +44 (0) 20 8433 1009
- Address
- BBC Studios Limited
Television Centre
101 Wood Lane
London
W12 7FA
UK - Notes
- The BBC Active company has now been absorbed within BBC Learning, a division of BBC Studios. It was originally a joint venture between BBC Worldwide and Pearson Education. Formerly known as ‘BBC Worldwide Learning Studies’ and before that as ‘Videos for Education & Training’
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