Living With Schizophrenia

Record ID: 127109
  • Title: Living With Schizophrenia
  • Date: 5th June 1990
  • Summary: THE EMPHASIS OF THIS PROGRAMME IS ON THE KINDS OF PROBLEMS PELPLE WHO HAVE HAD SCHIZOPHRENIA ENCOUNTER IN FINDING A JOB, LOOKING FOR SOMEWHERE TO LIVE OR IN COPING WITH PUBLIC ATITUDES TOWARDS THE MENTALLY ILL. JULIE HAS MANAGED TO FIND A TEMPORARY JOB BUT FOR MOST PEOPLE LIVING WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA MEANS LIVING WITH UNEMPLOYMENT. ROLAND HAS NOWHERE PERMANENT TO LIVE AND HE IS NOW LIVING IN A HOSTEL. MIKE SPENDS HIS TIME IN THE REVOLVING DOORS OF PRISON, HOSPITAL AND TEMPORARY ACCOMODATION. AT THE END OF THE PROGRAMME, THE EXPATIENTS DISCUSS (AS A GROUP) THEIR FEELINGS ABOUT PREJUDICES REGARDING THE MENTALLY ILL AND WHETHER PUBLIC EDUCATION (TELEVISION IN PARTICULAR) CAN BE OF ANY HELP.
  • Description:PROGRAMMES LOOKING AT HOW SCHIZOPHRENIC PEOPLE AND THEIR RELATIVES LIVE OUT THEIR LIVES IN THE COMMUNITY; ALLOWING PEOPLE WHO HAVE SUFFERED A SCHIZOPHRENIC ILLNESS TO SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES
  • Broadcaster:Channel 4
  • Collection: Channel 4
  • Genre:Documentary and Factual
  • Producer:DIALOGUE FOUR
  • Programme Episode:Episode 3
  • Transmission Date:05/06/1990
  • Rights:On Request
  • Decade: 1990s
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