Living With Schizophrenia

Record ID: 127111
  • Title: Living With Schizophrenia
  • Date: 22nd May 1990
  • Summary: IN THIS PROGRAMME WE ARE INTRODUCED TO A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN IN HOSPITAL WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA AND ARE NOW LIVING IN THE COMMUNITY. IN PARTICULAR WE GET TO KNOW JULIE, ANDREW, ALAN AND TOM AND ALSO MEET SIAN AND JEFFREY. WE LEARN FROM THEM WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO HAVE SHIZOPHRENIA, HOW IT HAS AFFECTED THEIR LIVES AND THEY MANAGE TODAY. FOR MANY PEOPLE LIVING WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA MEANS BEING DEPENDENT ON DRUGS FOR A LONG TIME. PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD SCHIZOPHRENIA ARE BY NOT MEANS ALL ALIKE AND OVER THIS ISSUE, AS OVER OTHERS, THEY HAVE DIFFERENT AND SOMETIMES CONFLICTING VEIWS AND EXPERIENCES.
  • 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 1
  • Transmission Date:22/05/1990
  • Rights:On Request
  • Decade: 1990s
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