Comments on: How Crazy Are You?

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By: daniel

daniel — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:22:37 +0000

I saw the show and thought it was great.

Since all 5 were in the recovery stages from mental illness, the programme sends a clear message of hope: you can recover. To the point where 3 experts won’t be sure if you were ever ill. Even after watching you do a wide variety of tasks over a week.

I particularly liked the quotes at the end about getting better – a diagnosis not defining you for the rest of your life.

By: Erik Henderson

Erik Henderson — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:50:17 +0000

I watched the second part of this show (not documentary, show) and thought it laughable. The psychiatrists got 2 out of 5 diagnoses wrong, and said they were pleased that they had failed. Ha! The only thing I learned from this is that psychiatric diagnosis is pretty hit and mess. I don’t think it will reduce stigma either. One of the film-makers writes a defence of it here: http://blogs.bmj.com/

By: Wendy Aron

Wendy Aron — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:21:59 +0000

No doubt this show will also be exported to the U.S. I just wonder what those stodgy folks at the National Alliance on Mental Illness will say about it.

Wendy Aron, author of Hide & Seek: How I Laughed at Depression, Conquered My Fears and Found Happiness

http://www.wendyaron.com