Duration: 59'53''
Dr Jonathan Miller begins by exploring what we understand by the word ''madness''.
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2: Out of Sight | Madness
A look at the rise and fall of the asylum. Conceived as a safe haven for the insane, the reality was somewhat more brutal as typified by the mass m...
3: Brainwaves | Madness
Jonathan Miller demonstrates how, by observing the mad crowded together in large asylums, ''experts'' concluded the causes of madness were to be foun...
4: The Talking Cure | Madness
Episode looks at Freud's theories and the basic tenets of psychoanalysis.
5: In Two Minds | Madness
Jonathan Miller tackles the question whether madness is an illness - whether of the mind or the brain and should it be the proper concern of medici...
A World of Their Own | Horizon
Filmed at Friern Barnet mental hospital in North London, a look at the work of the consultant psychiatrists whose job is to come to a diagnosi...
Anti-psychotic medication | Horizon
The main treatment for schizophrenia is anti-psychotic medication which reduces symptoms of psychosis.
Black Schizophrenia | Horizon
A study, which claims that Afro-Caribbeans in UK are 10 times more likely to develop schizophrenia than others, is contested by other experts a...
David Harewood: Psychosis and Me
David Harewood had a psychotic breakdown and was sectioned in his 20s. David traces his steps, meeting young people living with psychosis an...
Dopamine and schizophrenia | Horizon
Research suggests that high levels of dopamine can lead to psychosis in schizophrenia.
Inner speech and schizophrenia | Horizon
Professor Charles Fernyhough explains the role of inner speech and how it is linked to the dopamine hypothesis.
Madness on Trial | Horizon
Hilary Henson narrates the program which looks at schizophrenia and how madness is diagnosed.
Migration and schizophrenia | Horizon
Explanation of the theory that migration is the main cause of the observed racial bias in the diagnosis of schizophrenia.
Racial bias of diagnosing schizophrenia | Black Britain
Explanation of potential factors that lead to the racial differences seen in the diagnosis of schizophrenia
The file drawer effect | All in the Mind
Medical doctors discuss the problem with many drug trials and the issue of the file drawer effect of not publishing negative trials.
The Pathway from Madness | Horizon
Program explores the developments of the treatment of schizophrenia.
The Voices in My Head
Documentary using audio reconstruction to take viewers into the world of three people who hear voices as a result of mental illness.
Voices | Black Britain
Statistics show that black males are ten times more likely to be diagnosed as having schizophrenia than white men. This program investigates the pligh...
Why Did I Go Mad? | Horizon
Following three people living with voices, hallucinations and paranoia to explore what causes them, examining the impact of social, biological an...
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