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Mysteries of Mental Illness

So help me God. Like Dorothea Dixmore than a century before, {\an1}he called for Americato...

So help me God.
(applause and cheers) {\an1}NARRATOR: Like Dorothea Dix
more than a century before, {\an1}he called for America
to treat the mentally ill {\an1}with greater compassion

Full Transcript

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So help me God. (applause and cheers)
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{\an1}NARRATOR: Like Dorothea Dix more than a century before,
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{\an1}he called for America to treat the mentally ill
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{\an1}with greater compassion.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
30
Timestamp in Movie
00:37:38
Uploaded
May 26, 2025
Season
1
Episode
3
Genres
documentary
Production
Douglas Fairbanks Pictures

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Movie Summary

The attempts across generations to unravel the mysteries of mental illness, including its causes and treatments.
S01 • E02 {\an1}It was very arbitrary. - Mysteries of Mental Illness 00:04
{\an1}It was very arbitrary.
S01 • E01 {\an1}COOMBS: With schizophrenia, we believe that there's - Mysteries of Mental Illness 00:07
{\an1}COOMBS: With schizophrenia, we believe that there'...
S01 • E04 {\an1}I think the best way to explain it - Mysteries of Mental Illness 00:08
{\an1}I think the best way to explain it
S01 • E02 {\an1}Wasn't as if these were meant to be graven in stone. - Mysteries of Mental Illness 00:05
{\an1}Wasn't as if these were meant to be graven in sto...
S01 • E02 {\an1}But diagnostic reliability went way up. - Mysteries of Mental Illness 00:06
{\an1}But diagnostic reliability went way up.
S01 • E01 {\an1}When I see those giant spiders, - Mysteries of Mental Illness 00:05
{\an1}When I see those giant spiders,
S01 • E04 {\an1}You're, like, going into your own brain - Mysteries of Mental Illness 00:05
{\an1}You're, like, going into your own brain
S01 • E01 {\an1}COOMBS: So what that means is that, when we look at treatment, - Mysteries of Mental Illness 00:09
{\an1}COOMBS: So what that means is that, when we look at tr...
S01 • E03 {\an1}KENNEDY: The mentally ill and the mentally retarded - Mysteries of Mental Illness 00:09
{\an1}KENNEDY: The mentally ill and the mentally retarded
S01 • E02 {\an1}Well, you can't do diagnosis - Mysteries of Mental Illness 00:05
{\an1}Well, you can't do diagnosis
S01 • E04 {\an1}(groaning in session) - Mysteries of Mental Illness 00:07
{\an1}(groaning in session)
S01 • E02 {\an1}It's better to have a consensus subjectivity, - Mysteries of Mental Illness 00:08
{\an1}It's better to have a consensus subjectivity,
S01 • E03 {\an1}Under this legislation, custodial mental institutions - Mysteries of Mental Illness 00:08
{\an1}Under this legislation, custodial mental institutions
S01 • E02 {\an1}NARRATOR: The A.P.A. published DSM-III in 1980. - Mysteries of Mental Illness 00:06
{\an1}NARRATOR: The A.P.A. published DSM-III in 1980.
S01 • E04 (crying softly) - Mysteries of Mental Illness 00:07
(crying softly)
S01 • E02 {\an1}It split vague and broad types of neuroses into new, - Mysteries of Mental Illness 00:09
{\an1}It split vague and broad types of neuroses into new,
S01 • E01 {\an1}In the late 1800s, Sigmund Freud was a frustrated neurologist - Mysteries of Mental Illness 00:10
{\an1}In the late 1800s, Sigmund Freud was a frustrated neur...
S01 • E02 At the time, the manual met society's demand - Mysteries of Mental Illness 00:09
At the time, the manual met society's demand
S01 • E04 {\an1}Like, I'm not crushing all the pain in me. - Mysteries of Mental Illness 00:04
{\an1}Like, I'm not crushing all the pain in me.
S01 • E03 {\an1}This was Kennedy's last legislative victory. - Mysteries of Mental Illness 00:06
{\an1}This was Kennedy's last legislative victory.