Collection:LSA

Genre: Panel

Place Covered: Louisiana General, 1989, 1980s

Copyright Holder: Louisiana Department of State

Date Issued: 2024-07-23

Duration: 00:21:45

Subjects: Health | Mental health facilities | Mental Health

Contributors:

• Hill, Angela Host

Angela Hill and guests discuss schizophrenia. Guests include Charlotte Mathes, mother of Duncan McCord Matthes, and Dr. Brenda Lyles, Vice President of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill. Discussions include the symptoms and diagnosis of schizophrenia and subsequent death of Duncan McCord Matthes. Further, panelists discussed the history of mental illnesses broadly, including the stigma of mental illness, the large financial burden of seeking treatment, and the portrayal of the mentally ill as dangerous by the media. Guests also discussed the emergence of support groups for the diagnosed and their families, as well as the current and future research for causes and cures of mental illnesses like schizophrenia. Air date: September 21, 1989.