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Film

When Medicine Got It Wrong

2009Directed by Laura C. Murray, Katie Cadigan

Where to watch

Free / with ads

  • Kanopy
Released
Runtime
54m

About When Medicine Got It Wrong

  • Documentary

Synopsis

When Medicine Got it Wrong is the groundbreaking story of loving parents who rocked the halls of psychiatry, changing how we understand schizophrenia. In the 1970s, a small group of parents rebelled against then-popular psychiatric theories blaming schizophrenia on bad parenting. Their activism helped revolutionize treatment forever and their stories reveal the origins of the tragic state of mental health care today.

Directors
  • Laura C. Murray
  • Katie Cadigan
Writers
  • Laura C. Murray
  • Katie Cadigan

Principal cast

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