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sherlock holmes · 14-05-2010, 03:32 PM

I thought some of you would be interested in two upcoming programmes on BBC4.

The first is called Mental: A History of the Madhouse and is on Monday at 9pm.

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Documentary which tells the fascinating and poignant story of the closure of Britain's mental asylums. In the post-war period, 150,000 people were hidden away in 120 of these vast Victorian institutions all across the country. Today, most mental patients, or service users as they are now called, live out in the community and the asylums have all but disappeared. Through powerful testimonies from patients, nurses and doctors, the film explores this seismic revolution and what it tells us about society's changing attitudes to mental illness over the last sixty years.

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The second one is called Sectioned and is on Wednesday at 9pm.

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BBC4 is to air a groundbreaking documentary about the mental health system that follows people who have been sectioned.
For the first time, programme-makers have been given consent to film three people as they pass through the UK's mental health system.
The makers of the documentary, called Sectioned, were also granted unprecedented access to one of the largest mental health trusts in the UK, Nottinghamshire healthcare trust.
Independent producer, Maverick Television, which also makes Embarrassing Bodies for Channel 4, spent months trying to find contributors for the programme.
The programme-makers also had to establish a protocol to ensure those being filmed were capable of giving consent each time they were on camera and spent weeks working with the BBC's compliance and legal teams to ensure the documentary would not leave itself open to criticism.
Sectioned followed three men, Andrew, Richard and Anthony, for between six weeks and five months as they battled with mental health issues.
Richard, a young man in his 30s, was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, sectioned and brought into the intensive care mental health unit after threatening a neighbour with a knife. One of his symptoms is hearing voices and the film covers the run up to Christmas Day, when the voices were telling him to kill himself, which he planned to do with a heroin overdose.
Andrew, a retired NHS consultant pathologist, was diagnosed with bi-polar disorder more than 20 years ago, while 54-year-old Anthony has to go to hospital every fortnight to receive anti-psychotic medication.
Ben Anthony, who directed the documentary, said: "It was a big issue because obviously people with mental health problems that are so ill they are around a hospital environment, the question was about do they have the capability to understand? We relied on repeatedly getting their consent every time we filmed with anyone in the hospital."
He added: "We had to get on camera their consent and have them clarify what the documentary is about. With people as vulnerable as this we have to be especially careful."
He said that despite the upsetting aspects of filming, there were comic moments and that the contributors all said they had gained something from taking part in the 60-minute programme.
"We wanted to demystify what the treatment is for people who are sectioned. And we hope it will help break down the stigma surrounding it," he added.
Sectioned was made in partnership with the Open University and produced by Lucy Cohen. It will air on BBC4 next Wednesday, 19 May, and is part of the BBC's mental health and wellbeing campaign Headroom.

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14-05-2010, 03:32 PM	#1
sherlock holmes do you like my potato? Join Date: Mar 2004	BBC4- Sectioned and Mental: A History of the Madhouse I thought some of you would be interested in two upcoming programmes on BBC4. The first is called Mental: A History of the Madhouse and is on Monday at 9pm. Quote: Documentary which tells the fascinating and poignant story of the closure of Britain's mental asylums. In the post-war period, 150,000 people were hidden away in 120 of these vast Victorian institutions all across the country. Today, most mental patients, or service users as they are now called, live out in the community and the asylums have all but disappeared. Through powerful testimonies from patients, nurses and doctors, the film explores this seismic revolution and what it tells us about society's changing attitudes to mental illness over the last sixty years. Source The second one is called Sectioned and is on Wednesday at 9pm. Quote: BBC4 is to air a groundbreaking documentary about the mental health system that follows people who have been sectioned. For the first time, programme-makers have been given consent to film three people as they pass through the UK's mental health system. The makers of the documentary, called Sectioned, were also granted unprecedented access to one of the largest mental health trusts in the UK, Nottinghamshire healthcare trust. Independent producer, Maverick Television, which also makes Embarrassing Bodies for Channel 4, spent months trying to find contributors for the programme. The programme-makers also had to establish a protocol to ensure those being filmed were capable of giving consent each time they were on camera and spent weeks working with the BBC's compliance and legal teams to ensure the documentary would not leave itself open to criticism. Sectioned followed three men, Andrew, Richard and Anthony, for between six weeks and five months as they battled with mental health issues. Richard, a young man in his 30s, was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, sectioned and brought into the intensive care mental health unit after threatening a neighbour with a knife. One of his symptoms is hearing voices and the film covers the run up to Christmas Day, when the voices were telling him to kill himself, which he planned to do with a heroin overdose. Andrew, a retired NHS consultant pathologist, was diagnosed with bi-polar disorder more than 20 years ago, while 54-year-old Anthony has to go to hospital every fortnight to receive anti-psychotic medication. Ben Anthony, who directed the documentary, said: "It was a big issue because obviously people with mental health problems that are so ill they are around a hospital environment, the question was about do they have the capability to understand? We relied on repeatedly getting their consent every time we filmed with anyone in the hospital." He added: "We had to get on camera their consent and have them clarify what the documentary is about. With people as vulnerable as this we have to be especially careful." He said that despite the upsetting aspects of filming, there were comic moments and that the contributors all said they had gained something from taking part in the 60-minute programme. "We wanted to demystify what the treatment is for people who are sectioned. And we hope it will help break down the stigma surrounding it," he added. Sectioned was made in partnership with the Open University and produced by Lucy Cohen. It will air on BBC4 next Wednesday, 19 May, and is part of the BBC's mental health and wellbeing campaign Headroom. Source
	Isn’t it funny how day by day nothing changes but when you look back, everything is different… you once called your brain a hard drive, well say hello to the virus.