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1 online resource (streaming video file) (51 min. 58 sec.) ; 302521910 bytes |
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How are families managing severe mental illness?</br></br>For many families, watching a loved one battle a severe mental illness can be a distressing experience, often involving daily ethical decisions about how best to help them.</br></br>How do you manage getting treatment? How does it affect the family dynamic? What if the person refuses to take their medication or accept that they have a mental illness? What's it like to set-up boundaries and maintain vigilance as a carer?</br></br>John has had to make such decisions when his wife, Luana, suffers a psychotic episode. Pat's two sons have been diagnosed with schizophrenia; one voluntarily accepts treatment, but the other does not. Madeleine and Emma-Leigh have been caring for their mother since they were young, when she struggles with her bipolar.</br></br>When should psychiatrists be called in, and make decisions about compelling someone to take medication? Or to schedule them for involuntary treatment? What impact does that have on a family, and how can they be sure they're making the right choices? For their loved ones and for themselves.</br></br>This week on Insight, we hear how severe mental illness is managed in the family |
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Closed captioning in English |
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Broadcast 2016-09-06 at 20:30:00 |
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Classification: NC |
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Mental illness -- Risk factors.
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Mental illness -- Treatment.
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Mentally ill -- Care.
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Mentally ill -- Family relationships.
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Mentally ill -- Psychology.
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Australia.
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Streaming video
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Brockie, Jenny, host
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O'Connor, Nick, contributor
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Ryan, Chris, contributor
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