Bedlam

Bedlam is an excellent documentary that shines a light on everything wrong with how the United States addresses matters of serious mental illness (SMI). People desperately in need of treatment and care for their illness(es) often end up incarcerated, and the criminal justice system is not an appropriate response to mental illness. If you wonder why it is easier to get someone of the mental illness population into a jail cell than into treatment, and if you wonder what can be done to better meet individual and societal needs associated with mental illness, Bedlam is for you.

Even if you don't wonder about these things, Bedlam is a "must watch" film, because it appeals to the humanity in all of us by showing the inhumanity of how mental illness is often treated.

Watch this film, share with your elected representatives, share with administrative leadership in hospital/clinic settings, and share with everyone else in your network. Bedlam is among the most important/powerful films ever made on the topic of mental illness.