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When Medicine Got It Wrong

Name: When Medicine Got It Wrong
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2009-05-10
Duration: 54 min
Cast: Rita Moreno

How parents refused blame for causing schizophrenia

2009 · 54m

Documentary

When Medicine Got it Wrong is the groundbreaking story of loving parents who rocked the halls of psychiatry, changing how we understand schizophrenia. In the 1970s, a small group of parents rebelled against then-popular psychiatric theories blaming schizophrenia on bad parenting. Their activism helped revolutionize treatment forever and their stories reveal the origins of the tragic state of mental health care today.