“The mental health system is a definition of insanity.”
- Judge Steven Leifman
Minds On The Edge is a video I saw on PBS a couple of months back and it is excellent. I just found where you can watch it for free online so I posted the link and I highly recommend watching it.
This video is a panel discussion regarding the mental health treatment predicament in the United States, particularly for individuals over the age of 18 with Bipolar Disorder or Schizophrenia. Despite the fact that the video does not address mental health treatment for children, all children that truly have these disorders (and are not one of the many that have been misdiagnosed) will grow up and may face the very situations considered in this discussion. So, it’s good to be aware of what can happen to our children as they become adults unless, of course, something changes in the legal/hospital/treatment systems between now and then.
Frank Sesno is the moderator and the panel consists of the following members:
- Stephen G. Breyer
- Arthur Caplan, Ph.D.
- Pete Earley
- Frederick J. Frese III, Ph.D.
- Avel Gordly
- Eric R. Kandel, M.D.
- Judge Steven Leifman
- Estelle Richman
- Elyn Saks
- Thomas A. Simpatico, M.D.
- Tracey Skale, M.D.
- Lauren Spiro
- Susan Stefan
- Sam Tsemberis, Ph.D.
The bios of all panel members can be found in the Meet The Panelists side bar link.
Here is the link to the program.
http://www.mindsontheedge.org/about/program/
To watch the video simply hit the Watch button next to the About button near the top of the screen and it will link you to the correct screen.
