Mental Health Shorts
CCA 4
Sunday 21st October
12noon-1.00pm

Exploring Madness
Dr Parvez Imam
India ï 2006 ï 19 mins

Mental illnesses are one of the least understood problems in India. Myths and stigma add to the problems of people suffering from such illnesses while a lack of infrastructure makes it very difficult to treat mental illnesses properly. This film explores a variety of such issues related to mental illness in the Indian society, ranging from peoples perceptions of mental illness to debates among professionals, and from the problems of women languishing in mental hospitals to experiences of those who have recovered.

Terminus
Gabor Peter Nemeth
Hungary ï 2005 ï 37 mins

Ten years have passed since the Dayton Peace Accords. Still more than one million Bosnians are waiting to go home. Among those waiting are patients who were saved from the Jakes war front-line mental hospital in 1992.

"Since then my life has collapsed like a house of cards" says Pandur, the self-appointed spokesperson of the Jakes group. "My life has turned into hell since I am here. Not only mine but all of ours. We are confined the whole day and we only go out for breakfast and lunch. The inactivity and the monotonous days kill my relish for life, the left alone mentally ill patients are slowly giving up hope to get homeÖ." Who is responsible for their fate?