Video/sound Recordings of Schizophrenia Posted: 09-16-06 22:50pm
Hi, hope this isn't out of place. If
anyone here knows of any good films or
sound recordings of a schizophrenic having
an episode please let me know. I'm
trying to locate materials to use for a
class I teach and it seems to be nearly
impossible to find anything. I do
not want any films, i'm looking for
real footage or real recordings so
something like julien donkey boy doesn't
count. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks!
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astridrain09
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Posted: 02-26-07 19:28pm
there's a bellevue (the mental institution
in NY) documentary with some pretty good
footage...im almost positive that
schizophrenia was featured but its been a
while since ive seen it.
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Stan
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Posted: 02-26-07 20:44pm
Thanks, do you remember the name of it or
can I just search by that name?
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Re: Video/sound Recordings of Schizophrenia Posted: 03-01-07 18:42pm
Stan Stepanic
wrote:
Hi, hope this isn't out of
place. If anyone here knows of any good
films or sound recordings of a
schizophrenic having an episode please let
me know. I'm trying to locate materials
to use for a class I teach and it seems to
be nearly impossible to find anything. I
do not want any films, i'm looking
for real footage or real recordings so
something like julien donkey boy doesn't
count. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks!
Just want you to know that I'm working on
this for myself for something as well.
I'll let you know of anything I come
across.
What class are you teaching? Sounds
interesting.
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sweetlittlemama2006
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I Know of a Site Posted: 03-02-07 00:46am
Go to www.youtube.com
and type in schizophrenia on the search
engine for that site.
There is a guy on there that posted alot
of videos of himself
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Stan
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Posted: 03-02-07 09:30am
Yeah, but that's not what I'm looking for,
I've seen that already. I want footage of
a schizophrenic in a psychotic state to
use for class. I teach classes now on
folklore, one of which is on vampires, and
one day I go over schizophrenia to show
how misunderstandings of mental illness
were one of the primary sources of the
development of the myths.
Not too bad, the voice thing is pretty
cool. Not sure why they did this as as
slideshow though, it makes it really,
really and lame. Hardly frightening.
Thanks for the help. I heard about the
goggle thing, but if this is what it is,
lame lame lame. Seriously, how hard would
it be to make it a little film so you
could feel like you were actually there?
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Coramar
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Look At the Site Again Posted: 05-05-07 15:16pm
...It's much more than just a slideshow.
The slideshow is just a clip to give a
brief example of a virtual reality video
with headphones, etc that enables the
viewer to "live" the complete
schizophrenia experience. I do believe
it's available to teachers.
The slideshow is very illuminating,
though. I know it gave my family members
just a little example of what my son has
to experience and made them a bit more
sympathetic.
I'm pretty disgusted with this forum
already. So far, nearly every thread I've
looked at is bashing modern psychiatry and
how it tries to deal with the terrible
illness. Would anyone ever suggest that a
diabetic stop his insulin? Would they
suggest that this same diabetic has the
illness because of stress or a traumatic
childhood?
People should research before they shoot
their mouth off. Yes, I hate the fact
that my son has to take powerful
medications to control his illness, but
the alternative, for him anyway, is death.
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Stan
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Posted: 05-05-07 15:29pm
It would be nice to have, but
unfortunately impossible to show to over
60 students, that's why I was looking for
a video of some sort. I think the main
reasons people bash it is that,
unfortunately, the medicines to treat the
condition are very detrimental to one's
health. I've seen schizophrenics who have
been on medication for awhile and they're
total wrecks. In addition, one of the
problems is that they're throwing out
medications without really knowing why
they work because no one has yet figured
out the mechanisms behind the disease.
Also, I've come across several people,
myself included, who had schizophrenic
symptoms that were all tied to a physical
problem. I myself have a sugar imbalance,
which if left untreated can lead to
delusions, obsessions and so forth, which
I in fact experienced. I used to think I
was in the Truman show for awhile there.
That's the other problem I have,
psychiatry doesn't seem to realize that
mental illnesses can often have easily
corrected physical problems. What if, in
your son's case, his symptoms are actually
being caused by something physical that's
not getting corrected? I'm not saying it
is, but the first thing that is supposed
to be done before diagnosing a mental
illness is the patient must be cleared of
any possible physical problems. The
DSM-IV clearly states this, but
unfortunately the majority of doctors skip
this. If your son wasn't tested for
anything, shame on them.
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Coramar
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Look At the Site Again Posted: 05-05-07 15:30pm
...It's much more than just a slideshow.
The slideshow is just a clip to give a
brief example of a virtual reality video
with headphones, etc that enables the
viewer to "live" the complete
schizophrenia experience. I do believe
it's available to teachers.
The slideshow is very illuminating,
though. I know it gave my family members
just a little example of what my son has
to experience and made them a bit more
sympathetic.
I'm pretty disgusted with this forum
already. So far, nearly every thread I've
looked at is bashing modern psychiatry and
how it tries to deal with the terrible
illness. Would anyone ever suggest that a
diabetic stop his insulin? Would they
suggest that this same diabetic has the
illness because of stress or a traumatic
childhood?
People should research before they shoot
their mouth off. Yes, I hate the fact
that my son has to take powerful
medications to control his illness, but
the alternative, for him anyway, is death.
Thank you, Stan for your concern, but I
have made it a point to become very
educated about this illness. My son has
childhood onset schizophrenia and has been
in the hospital eight times since he was
twelve years old and has made three
serious suicide attempts. And yes, I made
triple certain that there was no
underlying physical cause through
extensive diagnostic tests.
This is NOT a "disease of the week" or a
fad. It's not something that comes and
goes. Schizophrenia is a horrible brain
disorder that affects approximately 2% of
the population. Vitamins and a better
diet won't cure the victim. There is no
cure. Did you know that probably most of
the street people you see are
schizophrenics who have no one to care for
them?
Perhaps someday the stigma and
misunderstanding of mental illness, in
particular schizophrenia, will fade and
the general population will become more
knowledgeable about this illness but I can
see from this forum that day is far in the
future.
