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Crazy: the film - new documentary
In 2011, Eric, diagnosed schizophrenic, faced a critical choice - whether to comply with traditional mental health treatment or follow his own path to wellness. Eric’s doctors want to medicate him for his own protection...but after eight years of psych meds, Eric wants to refuse drugs he believes may harm him.
With extraordinary access, CRAZY explores both sides of the story. Eric, his father and his attorney argue passionately for Eric’s right to make his own medical decisions. Depositions of the county’s evaluating psychologist and social worker show us how and why they feel forced treatment is necessary. An observant camera enables us to witness the unpredictable and high stakes trajectory of Eric’s journey; his decision to refuse meds, his appeal in court to use an advanced directive, being locked on a psych floor after being picked up by police, hiding out in a downtown hotel, being taken away to a state mental hospital, deteriorating during a family therapy session, but finally, also, the solution that eventually enables Eric to graduate from college and claim the recovery and a measure of the autonomy he so desperately craves.
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Comment by Bob Sapey on March 28, 2017 at 9:51
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I can't see how to view the film?
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Comment by Jill Anderson on April 2, 2017 at 9:02
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Good point! I've emailed them to ask. . .
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Here's the info: https://crazywisefilm.com/community-screenings/
Shall we think about a CCrAMHP screening in Lancaster?
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Ah. No. Different film (!). But still interesting. . .
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