Why Did I Go Mad?
- Synopsis
- For hundreds of years, psychiatry has treated voices and hallucinations as an enemy. But now, new insights are leading to a radical rethink on how psychosis should be treated. BBC Horizon joins seven-year-old Rachel, who looked into the mirror one morning and saw a nightmarish creature looking back at her; teenager Jacqui, who, without warning, heard voices telling her what to do; and Oxford scholar David, who walked into his lab one afternoon and saw hideous rat-like creatures running around. The film explores the impact of social, genetic and environmental influences on this type of mental illness.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Year of release
- 2017
- Subjects
- Psychiatry
- Keywords
- hallucinations; mental disorders
Distribution Formats
- Type
- DVD
- Format
- Region 0 PAL
- Price
- £195
- Availability
- Sale
- Duration/Size
- 50 minutes
- Year
- 2018
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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