Cover Image

When medicine got it wrong /

In 1974, a small group of parents became the first in the nation to publicly refuse blame for causing their children to have schizophrenia. They formed Parents of Adult Schizophrenics and their activism led to parents around the nation demanding changes in how the disease is understood and treated.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cadigan, Katie
Corporate Author: Documentary Educational Resources (Firm)
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Language Notes:Closed-captioned.
Published: Watertown, MA : Documentary Educational Resources, ©2009.
Subjects:
Schizophrenics > Personal narratives.
Schizoaffective disorders.
Schizophrenia.
Parent and child.
Schizophrenia
Parent-Child Relations
Schizophrenia > etiology
Schizophrenic Psychology
Schizophrènes > Récits personnels.
Schizophrénies dysthymiques.
Schizophrénie.
Parents et enfants.
Parent and child
Schizoaffective disorders
Schizophrenics
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Feature films.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Personal Narrative
Documentaries and Factual Films
Feature films > United States.
documentary film.
Documentary films
Feature films
Films for the hearing impaired
Nonfiction films
Personal narratives
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Personal narratives.
Documentaires.
Films pour personnes handicapées auditives.
Récits personnels.
Films autres que de fiction.
Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video
Description
Summary:In 1974, a small group of parents became the first in the nation to publicly refuse blame for causing their children to have schizophrenia. They formed Parents of Adult Schizophrenics and their activism led to parents around the nation demanding changes in how the disease is understood and treated.
Item Description:Originally produced as a motion picture in 2009.
Physical Description:1 DVD-video (53 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Production Credits:Narrator, Rita Moreno ; editor, Laura Murray ; director of photography, Tamara Goldsworthy ; music, William Susman.