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Schizophrenia
in media 2004
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The list presents a selection of articles
with schizophrenia association in media.
Canadian
movie about a schizophrenic woman with prophetic powers (12/07/04)
British TV channel to
discuss stigma in mental illness
(10/09/04)
Creative therapy
(08/16/04)
Schizophrenic
filmmaker makes documentary abiut his illness (08/13/04)
Finnish
artwork depicts women with schizophrenia (07/28/04)
A
new documentary about mental illness (05/01/04)
Author knows woes
of schizophrenia (04/09/04)
New
Zealand: Novartis AstraZeneca Art Awards (03/14/04)
Album cover stops pop star's performance
at NFL game (03/09/04)
"The Texas Chainsaw
Massacre" causes fury among Greek psychiatrists (01/31/04)
Canadian
movie about a schizophrenic woman with prophetic powers (12/07/04)
 Is
craziness next to godliness? That question is discussed in an article
at www.globeandmail.com about a movie with the title "See Grace
Fly". The film is about Grace, a schizophrenic 38-year-old
woman in Vancouver, who has apparent prophetic powers.
Source: Globe and Mail, Friday, December 3, 2004
Read
more in article at www.theglobeandmail.com
Movie
info at www.imdb.com
Movie
info at at www.dominofilm.com
British TV channel
to discuss stigma in mental illness (10/09/04)
A TV station in the UK dedicated to charities nationwide is preparing
to run a series of pioneering programmes which discuss perceptions
of mental health issues among the general audience.
Source: The Scotsman, Wednesday, October 6, 2004
Read
more in article at news.scotsman.com
Creative
therapy (08/16/04)
"Brushes with Life" is an exhibit at the N.C. Museum of
Art in Raleigh in the US. Most of the artists have schizophrenia
or other psychiatric conditions. They all use art as therapy for
their mental illness.
Source: News Observer, Saturday, August 14, 2004
Read
more in article at www.newsobserver.com
Schizophrenic
filmmaker makes documentary about his illness
(08/13/04)
 John
Cadigan, a 34-year old American artist, was recently diagnosed with
schizophrenia. Now he reveals his inner thoughts and feelings about
his illness in a documentary called "People Say I'm Crazy.
The movie is produced by one of his siblings, filmmaker Katie Cadigan.
Source: Daily News, Tuesday, August 10, 2004
Read
more in article at www.nydailynews.com
Finnish artwork
depicts women with schizophrenia
(07/28/04)
 The
film and video productions of Finnish female artist Eija-Liisa Ahtila
hold an audience in a magnetic field of emotion and imagery, as
did the three that she screened recently at the Pacific Film Archive
in Berkeley in California.
Source: SFGate.com, Tuesday, July 27, 2004
Read
more in article at www.sfgate.com
A new
documentary about mental illness
(05/01/04)
"People Say I'm Crazy" is a diarylike documentary that
describes several years in the life of John Cadigan, a young man,
who experienced his first psychosis as a 21-year-old art student.
The movie just opened up in New York City.
Source: New York Times, Friday, April 30, 2004
Read
more in article at www.nytimes.com
Author knows
woes of schizophrenia (04/09/04)
To deal with her bizarre childhood, Virginia Holman, who now teaches
at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, wrote a memoir,
"Rescuing Patty Hearst: Growing up Sane in a Decade Gone Mad",
a straightforward look at schizophrenia, painted with love.
Source: Scoop, Tuesday, March 9, 2004
Read
more in article at salisburypost.townnews.com
Literature
tip at HUBIN website
New Zealand:
Novartis AstraZeneca Art Awards
(03/14/04)
 Over
100 New Zealand artists with schizophrenia have entered the third
Novartis AstraZeneca Schizophrenia Art Awards. The aim of the awards
is to celebrate the creative talents of people with schizophrenia
and to educate all New Zealanders about the condition.
Source: Scoop, Tuesday, March 9, 2004
Read
more in article at www.scoop.co.nz
Album cover
stops pop star's performance at NFL game
(03/09/04)
 JC
Chasez, one of the members of boyband N'Sync, was recently asked
to perform the national anthem during the halftime show at an American
football game. The performance was however cancelled after the organizers
became aware of the fact that Chasez' recently released solo album,
called "SCHIZOPHRENIC" have a photo on the cover of the
star himself dressed in a straight jacket. Schizophrenia advocates
mean the cover does nothing to help eliminate the stigma of mental
illness.
Source: TheBostonChannel.com, Thursday, March 4, 2004
Read
more in article at www.thebostonchannel.com
"The Texas
Chainsaw Massacre" causes fury among Greek psychiatrists
(01/31/04)
 The
remake of cult horror classic "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre,"
which tells the gruesome story of a serial killer, has infuriated
Greek psychiatrists.
It's not the gore that upprör the doctors, but the film's Greek-language
title: "The Schizophrenic Chainsaw Killer."
Source: SignOnSanDiego.com, Wednesday,
January 28, 2004
Read
more in article at www.signonsandiego.com
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