Comments on: How Mad Are You?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:25:00 +0000

Very interesting how even the professionals can get it wrong and what is even better is for those with Mental Health issues is that in their ordinary day to day lives it can be unoticable.

By: Zigi Yates

Zigi Yates — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:37:00 +0000

So why three white male psychiatrist “judges”? And interesting that apart from a male participant that showed very obvious signs of a disorder early on they selected four women as the “abnormal” ones. I think this might tell us something about the mental health sector and what is considered “normal”. Come on BBC!

By: Anthony Pirtle

Anthony Pirtle — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 19:23:00 +0000

There is a lot of misinformation floating around in the comments below, some more dangerous than others.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 20:32:00 +0000

The Bhagavad-Gita (as it is) explains That we are suffering due to our karma from past lives .Whilst people defy Krishna and try to be independent from Krishna they live in illusion and bewilderment and further adding to their karma so their suffering continues and increases .
More importantly than if you can tell the difference between the people in the film ,is that all people ( including the doctors who are more insane than the patients if they think that zombiefying ,dangerous ,medication with many side effects, that are worse than the illness its self ,should be prescribed or even be legal ) progress towards Krishna consciousness and not more diminished states of consciousness.

HARE KRSNA HARE KRSNA KRSNA KRSNA HARE HARE
HARE RAMA HARE RAMA RAMA RAMA HARE HARE

By: Jordan Lebow

Jordan Lebow — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 04:07:00 +0000

If the participants knew they were taking part in an experiment to find out who has a mental illness and who does not, can one assume they would do their best to “hide” any character flaws attached to said mental illness during the test/evaluation? Kind of contradicts itself in a way, I think.

By: Michelle Massey

Michelle Massey — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 13:48:00 +0000

Thank you Marian for the information on different treatment options. I have been battling and am in the process of recovery. I have never agreed with the fact that “Mental Illness” is a life long sentence to medication. Thanks for this information.

By: Annemie Schweingruber Larsen

Annemie Schweingruber Larsen — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 09:41:00 +0000

Why are scientologists even watching this?

By: Marian B. Goldstein

Marian B. Goldstein — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 01:29:00 +0000

So, a psych label of “schizophrenia” equals to a diagnosis of cancer in real medicine. I wonder which real medical professional would venture to dish out cancer-diagnoses on the basis of a culturally determined subjective judgement of somebody’s behaviour only, with no objective medical test results to support their beliefs. I also wonder, and this is even more disturbing to me, which patient would accept a cancer diagnosis based on somebody else’s assumptions about them only, and even insist on this diagnosis to be scientifically valid, although the science itself proves them wrong.

By: Marian B. Goldstein

Marian B. Goldstein — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 01:09:00 +0000

There’s no scientific evidence to support that psych labels indicate which kind of drug is appropriate in the individual case. Also it is incorrect that “psychosis” requires drug treatment. The recovery rate of non-medical alternatives like Soteria and Finnish Open Dialogue is 85%, full recovery. Also, Soteria doesn’t employ “qualified experts”. Staff isn’t employed for fancy diplomas from med school, but for simple human qualities like being able to relate in a completely non-judgemental and respectful way to people in emotional distress. All long-term outcome studies show that recovery from “psychosis”/”schizophrenia” — as well as from other “mental illness” — is far more likely off drugs. The chemical imbalance stories are just that: storytelling.

As for the term “recovery”, let’s be clear: nobody who still needs treatment is truly recovered. You can’t be cured and still in need of treatment at the same time. You can’t have your cake and eat it. People may be “in recovery”, but being “recovered” means no more “symptoms”, and no more treatment, no more contact with the mental illness industry, aka “mental health system”. And yes, it’s possible to be recovered, and not just “in recovery”, no matter what the label. There’s no such thing as “life-long mental illness”.

What this doc really shows, just like the Rosenhan experiment, is how unscientific, and thus invalid as medical diagnoses, psych labels actually are.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 04:44:00 +0000

yeah, there was no way to close the pop up, so I was hosed too. No where to click it off at all. Did read faq before watching as well. Too bad, and yes, it was a good vid for what I could see.

By: Matt Siess

Matt Siess — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 11:44:00 +0000

maybe, i should watch part 2 before i comment haha

By: Matt Siess

Matt Siess — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 11:35:00 +0000

i believe yasmine may have acted in way that she does not “normally” act, i feel she attempted to act normal and obviously hide whatever unfortunate illness she may have/had (although a battle with mental illness is lifelong, and thus who fight are truly valor) so say she had depression or social anxiety then she’s going the conceal the tale-tell signs of the disorder. its much like how the famous experiment went to where the people acted like they had a mental disorder and really, when you come to think about, if any of us really wanted to dont you think you could make someone you never met think that yeah he may have something wrong with him/her. like if your trying to committed to a mental hospital and you can’t (like not even, “well, let’s have him spend the night, just in case”) then there might be something more wrong with you then the people inside the building you were denied entrance into

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 04:33:00 +0000

Who that has suffered mental health issues would put someone else through that (and I should know) thumbs down

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 17:08:00 +0000

What a wicked Doco! LOOOVVEEDD it! Thats the most insightful, interesting piece on mental illness Ive ever watched/read. I liked Yasmin from the start. She cracked me up. Really disliked Vicki, what a dumb woman. Why the hell was she even considered to participate?? Love how stumped the judges were by the end! I would have loved to take part in this ‘experiment’ to see whether the panel picked out my mental illness, but then, after watching this, do I really have a mental illness? o_0 :)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 03:54:00 +0000

all you do is click on the red play button(a pop up will occur)
exit out of the pop up wait for the button to turn green then press it again.