John Nash on the Accuracy of “A Beautiful Mind”
Professor John Nash discusses the discrepancies between the book & film "A Beautiful Mind" and his life. While he endorses the portrayal of mental...
Jenna Fogle: “I Was Just a Sad Teenager”
Jenna Fogle discusses her experience struggling with depression as a teenager, and the consequent harm done by psychiatric drug treatment.
Important Souls
Susan Salasin created this video about the role of trauma in the lives of those who are labeled seriously mentally ill. She collaborated with...
Steven Morgan, Project Director of the Vermont Soteria Project, Reflects on Working With Psychosis
Soteria Vermont is a project of the Vermont state government, which seeks to be a leader in mental healthcare. When Hurricane Irene washed away...
Twelve-year-old Ke’onte Cook Testifies in US Senate Hearing
A child in the foster-care system tells of his experience being diagnosed and then medicated with psychiatric drugs.
Psychiatry Must Stop Ignoring Trauma, with Dr. Bessel van der Kolk
Psychiatrist Bessel van der Kolk explores his field's long, complex, and stubborn history with trauma. Dr. van der Kolk explains how psychiatry as a...
You May Be Suffering From Antidepressants (The Adbusters)
You May Be Suffering From Antidepressants (The Adbusters)
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KMSP-TV Investigative Report on Psychiatric Research Abuse at the University of Minnesota
For a scathing, 11-minute overview of the death of Dan Markingson at the University of Minnesota, and new allegations of coercion into psychiatric clinical trials, you can't do much better than this excellent investigative report by Jeff Baillon.
CNN: Are Medications An Effective PTSD Treatment?
"CNN's Carol Costello explores Operation Tohidu, an experimental rehabilitation program to help veterans with PTSD." Operation Tohidu founder, Dr. Mary Vieten claims PTSD is not a mental illness and "there is no reason to medicate someone who has been traumatized by their war experience." When asked what percentage of soldiers returning with PTSD do not need drugs she responds, "100%."
Richard Bentall on Treating Psychosis
Richard Bentall, clinical psychologist and author of Madness Explained presents new evidence for the limitations of anti-psychotic medication and of the psychiatric establishment.
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New Video: Coming Off Psychiatric Drugs: A Harm Reduction Approach
I want to thank Bob Whitaker for inviting me to join the bloggers at Mad In America. As an introduction to my work I...
Open the Paradigm
Less than six months ago I had the great fortune to start working with a small group of fellow producers who had spent a chunk of time traveling and shooting at various conferences. Interviews with notable figures in the movement. Survivor stories. A mixed bag of “Mad Media”. Immersing myself in the now 200+ hours of raw footage was like swimming in a sea of the subconscious. So I was swallowed whole by the white whale, consumed with the energy to put my still-developing abilities to the best use I could think of.
Open the Paradigm.
Open the Paradigm.
“King’s Park”: Stories from an American Mental Institution
On June 21, 1967, at the age of 17, Lucy Winer was committed to the female violent ward of Kings Park State Hospital following...
Toward a New Understanding of Mental Illness – Thomas Insel
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Thomas Insel's TedEducation presentation. "Today, thanks to better early detection, there are 63% fewer deaths from heart disease than...
A conversation with Dr Terry Lynch (From “Beyond Prozac” to “Selfhood” and Beyond)
Dr. Terry Lynch says that "Long ago I began to question the whole categorization of normal and abnormal, which is what doctors tend to...
Crooked Beauty
Crooked Beauty is a poetic documentary that chronicles artist-activist Jacks McNamara's transformative journey from childhood abuse to psych ward patient to pioneering mental health...
Michael Moore Discusses the Impact of Prozac on the Columbine Shootings
Michael Moore learned about the link between prozac and violence at the premier of his film "Bowling for Columbine." Here, he appears in Gary...
Navigating the Mental Health Wilderness: Steven Morgan’s Journey
Steven Morgan discusses his transformative journey from chronic "patient" to leading mental health advocate. Steven has been working in peer support and helping to create alternatives to traditional mental health services for the past decade...
Childhood Adversity and Psychosis: From Heresy to Certainty
Presentation by John Read at the Meanings of Madness Conference. (Presentation begins at 5 minutes in.)
The Celebrated Cell Phones of Calaveras County
Calaveras County, CA is being honored for a novel hospital diversion program. By giving cell phones programmed to reach key supporters to repeat users...
Generation Rx
DVD FOR SALE NOW AT WEBSITE Common Radius Films is a private documentary and media development company based in Vancouver, British Columbia. GENERATION RX...
Robert Whitaker & Allen Frances on Al Jazeera TV: “Redefining Mental Illness”
Robert Whitaker notes on Al Jazeera's "Inside Story" that a helpful diagnostic text must be both reliable and valid, and the DSM is neither...