Mysteries of Mental Illness.

Mysteries of Mental Illness

Evil or Illness?

Ancient conceptions of mental illness and the establishment of psychiatry; modern-day stories of mental illness, including an aspiring astrophysicist with schizophrenia and a boxer with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). (60 minutes)

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UPCOMING EPISODES

Sun, 4/21 at 10:00 pm on Austin PBS WORLD

Who's Normal?

The fight to develop mental illness standards rooted in empirical science rather than dogma; how science and societal factors mix with the ever-shifting definitions and diagnoses of mental health and illness. (60 minutes)

Mon, 4/22 at 2:00 am on Austin PBS WORLD

Who's Normal?

The fight to develop mental illness standards rooted in empirical science rather than dogma; how science and societal factors mix with the ever-shifting definitions and diagnoses of mental health and illness. (60 minutes)

Mon, 4/22 at 10:00 am on Austin PBS WORLD

Who's Normal?

The fight to develop mental illness standards rooted in empirical science rather than dogma; how science and societal factors mix with the ever-shifting definitions and diagnoses of mental health and illness. (60 minutes)

Sun, 4/28 at 10:00 pm on Austin PBS WORLD

Rise and Fall of the Asylum

The rise and fall of mental asylums in the U.S.; the largest de-facto mental health facility in the U.S., its detainees and the realities of care both inside and outside. (60 minutes)

Mon, 4/29 at 2:00 am on Austin PBS WORLD

Rise and Fall of the Asylum

The rise and fall of mental asylums in the U.S.; the largest de-facto mental health facility in the U.S., its detainees and the realities of care both inside and outside. (60 minutes)

Mon, 4/29 at 10:00 am on Austin PBS WORLD

Rise and Fall of the Asylum

The rise and fall of mental asylums in the U.S.; the largest de-facto mental health facility in the U.S., its detainees and the realities of care both inside and outside. (60 minutes)