Episode 2 Preview: Who's Normal?

About the Episode

Episode 2 traces the dramatic fight in the second half of the 20th century to develop mental illness standards rooted in empirical science rather than dogma, including the evolution of the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual). Meet Ryan Mains, who struggles with PTSD, Mia Yamamoto, California’s first openly transgender lawyer, and Michael Walrond who lives with his own depressive disorder.

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Extras

Ginny Fuchs and OCD

Olympic boxer Ginny Fuchs shares a little of what it's like to live with OCD.

4:15
Cynthia Piltch and Electroconvulsive Therapy

Cynthia is turning to ECT, or Electroconvulsive Therapy, to manage her severe depression.

3:54
The Mass Incarceration of the Mentally Ill

Asylums were closed down, but the mentally ill are still being institutionalized.

2:55
Psychedelics and Mental Illness

A chemist accidentally created the psychedelic, LSD, while searching for new medications.

3:18
The Kirkbride Asylum

Kirkbride's 'hospitals for the insane' were built for those who had nowhere else to go.

3:08
Experimental Treatments and the Rise of Eugenics

What gave rise to the Eugenics program in the United States?

5:47
A Debilitating Condition

For 8 years, Matthew Rosenberg has dealt with a debilitating form of OCD.

2:13
The Asylum Hill Project

Some 30,000 patients came through the Mississippi State Asylum, and many never left.

5:21
Episode 1 Preview: Evil Or Illness

Episode 1 explores ancient ideas of mental illness and the establishment of psychiatry.

2:25
Mysteries of Mental Illness | Preview

Mysteries of Mental Illness explores the story of mental illness in science and society.

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