Episode 3 Preview: The Rise and Fall of the Asylum

About the Episode

Mass confinement in mental asylums and extreme treatments – from lobotomy to coma therapy – were the standard for treating mental illness in the United States until a few decades ago. Today, one of the largest de-facto mental health facilities in the United States is Cook County Jail in Chicago, where more than one-third of inmates have a mental health diagnosis.

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Episode 4 Preview: New Frontiers

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2:34
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2:34
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2:30
A PTSD Diagnosis

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3:29
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