How Mad are You?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00fm5ql/Horizon_How_Mad_Are_You_How_Mad_Are_You_Part_1/

First of a two-part special as Horizon returns for a new series. Ten volunteers have come together for an extraordinary test. Five are 'normal' and the other five have been officially diagnosed as mentally ill. Horizon asks if you can tell who is who, and considers where the line between sanity and madness lies.

Reply 1

Ed.

I watched this the other day, but got distracted half way through. It looked interesting though.

Reply 2

Itchybrain

Part 2: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00fqbr3

Reply 3

Shockley

Watching it on iPlayer now. Thanks for the link :smile:

Reply 4

Fandellos

There's something......not quite right with it all...

Reply 5

ElectricOceans

I did watch it, I thought it was an interesting programme.

Reply 6

LaurenFah

Oh thanks

I was just looking on iPlayer for something interesting to watch before bed.

Reply 7

EskimoJo

I'm on it... betcha can't tell if I'm one of the mad or normal ones! :teeth:

Reply 8

GodspeedGehenna

Richard Bentall = :adore:

Reply 9

Interrobang

this looks interesting :smile:

How long til it expires on iplayer?

I got 3/5. :teeth:

Cool. I'll watch and try and guess too.

Reminds me of the Rosenhan experiment

Reply 12

eulerwaswrong

the old woman clearly wasnt all there. theres something definately wrong with her.

im a bit hmmmmmm about mental illnesses, for a start shouldnt all mental illnesses be assessed just by looking at the way someone acts for a long period of time dealing with different tasks. Not by just going on what the patient says, i think mental illnesses are over diagnosed and drugs are too readily given which have really bad long term effects.

Reply 13

GodspeedGehenna

CrazyBeautiful

Reminds me of the Rosenhan experiment

I think that's what inspired it. T'was mentioned.

eulerwaswrong

the old woman clearly wasnt all there. theres something definately wrong with her.

I agree with this. She was my bet for Psychosis; she was terrible at the Wisconsin Card Sort Test and her reaction to the Bead test was rather alarming. Probably not Psychotic, but rather odd atleast, lol.

Reply 14

Rubaiyat

i am COMPLETELY SANE thankyou

Reply 15

CrazyBeautiful

GodspeedGehenna

I think that's what inspired it. T'was mentioned.

I agree with this. She was my bet for Psychosis; she was terrible at the Wisconsin Card Sort Test and her reaction to the Bead test was rather alarming. Probably not Psychotic, but rather odd atleast, lol.

Yeah I wrote it just before he mentioned it in the episide. D'oh :p:

I've just watched the first part and so far it's me 2, Professionals 1 :woo:

Spoiler

Off to watch part 2

Reply 16

alexa123

I saw the 2nd part when it was played on the tv. Thought it was an interesting idea, just goes to show they arent always right.
As i didnt see the first bit, are they 100% sure that the others who were "normal" were actually "normal"?? The older lady was slightly odd, but hey ho.