Art of Storytelling: The Human Experience of Being a Psychiatrist

Art of Storytelling: The Human Experience of Being a Psychiatrist

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Documentary
Runtime
75 mins
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The story of who psychiatrists are today, what they do, and what they value has been told by almost everyone but them. Psychiatrists are notoriously private; cautious about revealing personal information, and noticeably absent in the media. What has been the consequence of this? If you don’t tell your story, someone else will tell it for you. Mental illness is the number one cause of disability worldwide, however many patients still fear coming to see a psychiatrist – that they will be overmedicated, not listened to, not understood, not cared for, or worse - maybe the psychiatrist will see how “crazy” they are and lock them up. The stereotype of being “crazy” is equated with being dangerous, weird, scary, and ostracized - and in some ways - so is being a psychiatrist.

Cast

    Director

    • Michelle Furuta, MD

    Producers

    • Mindi Thelen

    Screenwriter

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